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Cal Turner Jr.
Cal Turner Jr. | |
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| Born | (1940-01-25) January 25, 1940 Scottsville, Kentucky |
| Residence | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Net worth | US$1.5 billion [1] |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Turner |
| Children | Cal Turner III |
| Parent(s) | Cal Turner Laura Katherine Goad |
Hurley Calister "Cal" Turner Jr. (born January 25, 1940) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dollar General, a chain of variety stores founded by his father, Cal Turner Sr.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Business career
3 Philanthropy
4 Personal life
5 Works
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Cal Turner Jr. was born on January 25, 1940 to Laura and Cal Turner.[2][3] He is the son of Cal Turner, the founder of Dollar General.[4] He has three siblings, including a sister, Laura Dugas.[5] He is the oldest son.[6] He grew up in Scottsville, Kentucky.[6]
Turner graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1962.[7] He served in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1965.[7]
Business career
Turner started his career at the family firm, Dollar General, in December 1965.[4] He worked his way up and began by "sweeping the warehouse in the company."[8] He became President in 1977 and Chairman in 1988.[4] He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2003.[4][7][9] During his tenure, he forced both his father and his brother out of the business.[6]
Turner served on the Board of Directors of First American Corporation and the First American National Bank.[3] He serves on the CEO Council of Council Capital.[7]
Turner is a billionaire.[10]
Philanthropy
Turner serves on the Board of Trust of his alma mater, Vanderbilt University.[4] He endowed the Cal Turner Program For Moral Leadership in the Professions at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in 1994.[11] With his sister Laura Dugas, Turner donated a pipe organ to the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.[5] Additionally, Turner serves on the Board of Trustees of Lindsey Wilson College, a private college in Columbia, Kentucky.[12] In March 2015, he donated US $1.2 million through the Cal Turner Family Foundation to endow the Turner Family Center for Social Ventures at Vanderbilt's Owen School of Management.[13]
Turner served on the Board of Trustees of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville; the PENCIL Foundation, a non-profit organization whose aim is to improve public education in Nashville, and the YMCA of Middle Tennessee.[4] He also served on the Board of Trustees of the Easter Seals Tennessee, a non-profit organization for children with disabilities and special needs.[14] Additionally, he serves on the Leadership Council of the Andrews Institute, a research center at the College of Leadership and Public Service of Lipscomb University.[15] Through the Cal Turner Family Foundation, he donated US$3 million to build the Cal Turner Family Center, a conference center at Meharry Medical College, a United Methodist medical school in Nashville.[16] Additionally, he established the Cal Turner Jr. Center for Church Leadership at Martin Methodist College, a United Methodist college in Pulaski, Tennessee.[17]
Turner was the recipient of the Presidential Award for Private Sector Initiatives from President Ronald Reagan in 1988.[4] Additionally, he was awarded the Stanley S. Kresge Award from the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation.[4]
Personal life
Turner has a wife, Margaret, and a son, Cal Turner, III. They reside in a home in Fieldstone Farms, a neighborhood of Franklin, Tennessee, near Nashville.[18]
Turner is a member of the United Methodist Church.[4] He plays the piano and pipe organ.[5]
Works
Turner, Cal Jr.; Simbeck, Rob (2018). My Father's Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General Into a Billion-Dollar Company. New York City: Center Street. ISBN 9781478992981. OCLC 1003316282..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
References
^ http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/the-10-richest-people-in-tennessee/. Missing or empty|title=(help)
^ "All In The Family". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
^ ab "Executive Profile* Cal Turner Jr". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ abcdefghi "Cal Turner Program For Moral Leadership in the Professions: Cal Turner Jr.: Chairman, Cal Turner Family Foundation". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ abc Schmitt, Brad (January 27, 2015). "Philanthropist Cal Turner Jr. plays a mean pipe organ". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ abc Stevens, Turner. "Cal Turner". Lipscomb University. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ abcd "Cal Turner Jr". Council Capital. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ Travis, Vicky (January 30, 2014). "Retired Dollar General CEO Cal Turner Jr. shares lessons with mayors". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ Becker, Lori (December 6, 2013). "Retail giant Cal Turner Jr. led with love, truth, mission". Nashville Business Journal. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ "CEO's Douglas County mansion available for $18.37M". Denver Business Journal. Denver, Colorado. July 3, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ "Cal Turner Program For Moral Leadership in the Professions: About Us". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ "Board of Trustees". Lindsey Wilson College. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ Patterson, Jim (March 25, 2015). "Cal Turner Family Foundation gift establishes center for social ventures at Vanderbilt". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ "Leadership". Easter Seals Tennessee. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ "Drawing from experience". Lipscomb University. Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ "Cal Turner Family Center planned at Meharry". Meharry Medical College. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ "Cal Turner Jr. Center for Church Leadership". Martin Methodist College. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ Lind, J.R. (June 15, 2011). "Home builder sues Cal Turner for $5M: Developer Seeks Payment on Palatial Home". The Nashville Post. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
External links
Cal Turner Jr. on C-SPAN
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