Who are Best Buy's decision-makers?
Best Buy's top decision-makers include Corie Barry, Chief Executive Officer; Matt Bilunas, SEVP, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer; Jason Bonfig, SEVP, Chief Customer, Product and Fulfillment Officer; incoming CEO. Real buying decisions are distributed across business units, finance, procurement, IT, security, operations, legal, and the executive sponsor for the use case.
- CEO
- Corie Barry
- CFO/key exec
- Matt Bilunas
- Founded
- 1966
- Employees
- Approximately 82,000
- HQ
- Richfield, MN
- Notable
- NYSE: BBY
- Corie BarryChief Executive OfficerCEO since 2019; succession announced for late October 2026Leads the company until Jason Bonfig's planned transition.
- Matt BilunasSEVP, Chief Financial and Strategy OfficerCFO since 2019Leads finance, strategy, and guidance.
- Jason BonfigSEVP, Chief Customer, Product and Fulfillment Officer; incoming CEOIncoming CEO planned for late October 2026Longtime Best Buy executive named as successor.
- Neal SampleEVP, Chief Digital and Technology OfficerTechnology leaderLeads digital, product, data, and technology.
Who leads Best Buy?
Corie Barry serves as Chief Executive Officer; Matt Bilunas serves as SEVP, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer; Jason Bonfig serves as SEVP, Chief Customer, Product and Fulfillment Officer; incoming CEO; Neal Sample serves as EVP, Chief Digital and Technology Officer. The leadership page and annual filings are the best sources for current roles because public-company executive teams change as strategy and succession plans evolve.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Best Buy?
Buying decisions depend on the category. Technology purchases usually involve IT, security, data, finance, procurement, legal, privacy, and the operating team that owns adoption. Commercial, retail, media, network, store, or supply-chain purchases add category leaders, field operators, merchandising, engineering, compliance, and sometimes board-level oversight.
For sellers, the practical path is to identify the business owner first, then map the economic buyer, procurement path, technical approver, implementation owner, and risk reviewers.
How is Best Buy organized as it scales?
Best Buy operates with centralized corporate functions and distributed business-unit execution. Its scale means a vendor must plan for multiple stakeholders, budget cycles, pilots, security reviews, integration work, and measured rollout before a broad deployment is approved.
As of June 2026.Sources:Best Buy leadershipBest Buy annual reports
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