Cal Turner Jr.

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Cal Turner Jr.
Born 1940/1941 (age 83–84)
Residence Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater Vanderbilt University
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Margaret Turner
Children Cal Turner III and Glenn Smith
Parent(s) Cal Turner
Laura Katherine Goad

Cal Turner Jr. (born 1940/41) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dollar General, a chain of variety stores.

Early life

Cal Turner Jr. was born circa 1940/1941.[1] He is the son of Cal Turner, the founder of Dollar General.[2] He has three siblings, including a sister, Laura Dugas.[3] He is the oldest son.[4] He grew up in Scottsville, Kentucky.[4]

Turner graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1962.[5] He served in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1965.[5]

Business career

Turner started his career at the family firm, Dollar General, in December 1965.[2] He worked his way up and began by "sweeping the warehouse in the company."[6] He became President in 1977 and Chairman in 1988.[2] He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2003.[2][5][7] During his tenure, he forced both his father and his brother out of the business.[4]

Turner served on the Board of Directors of First American Corporation and the First American National Bank.[1] He serves on the CEO Council of Council Capital.[5]

Turner is a billionaire.[8]

Philanthropy

Turner serves on the Board of Trust of his alma mater, Vanderbilt University.[2] He endowed the Cal Turner Program For Moral Leadership in the Professions at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in 1994.[9] With his sister Laura Dugas, Turner donated a pipe organ to the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.[3] Additionally, Turner serves on the Board of Trustees of Lindsey Wilson College, a private college in Columbia, Kentucky.[10] 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.[11]

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.[2] He also served on the Board of Trustees of the Easter Seals Tennessee, a non-profit organization for children with disabilities and special needs.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] Addtionally, he established the Cal Turner Jr. Center for Church Leadership at Martin Methodist College, a United Methodist college in Pulaski, Tennessee.[15]

Turner was the recipient of the Presidential Award for Private Sector Initiatives from President Ronald Reagan in 1988.[2] Additionally, he was awarded the Stanley S. Kresge Award from the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation.[2]

Personal life

Turner has a wife, Margaret, and a son, Cal Turner, III. They reside in an US$26 million mansion in Fieldstone Farms, a neighborhood of Franklin, Tennessee, near Nashville.[16] When it was built in 2011, Turner was sued by the developer, Jimmy Franks, the CEO of Old South.[16] The Turners also owned a home in Parker, Colorado, near Denver, which they listed for sale for US$18.37 million in 2014.[8][17]

Turner is a member of the United Methodist Church.[2] He plays the piano and pipe organ.[3]

References

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