Stephen Gillett

Who is Stephen Gillett?

Stephen Gillett is a technology and business leader. Gillett accepted a position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Symantec in December 20, 2012, leaving behind his position as President Best Buy Digital and Executive Vice President Global Business Services at Best Buy in greater Minneapolis, MN. Gillett is the former Chief Information Officer, Executive Vice President of Digital Ventures at Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle, WA and was hired by Howard Schultz as part of the transformation leadership team in 2008. Gillett previously held executive positions at Corbis, Yahoo and CNET. He currently lives and works in the Silicon Valley.

Gillett was born in Panorama City, CA and grew up in Eugene, Oregon. He is of Lebanese descent: his father being from Tripoli, Lebanon. He was a member of the University of Oregon Football team in the late 1990s and attended the 1996 Cotton Bowl Classic.

As of January 2009, Gillett was considered amongst the youngest of the C-Level executives in the Fortune 500.

In 2005, Gillett was featured on HGTV Curb Appeal in San Francisco.

Gillett is a long-time MMORPG guild leader most recently in World of Warcraft.

In 2006, Gillett was recognized as an innovative Guild Master in World of Warcraft by Wired You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired!