Theo Killion

Theophlius Killion is an American businessman who served as CEO of Zale Corporation from February 2010 to July 2014.He also served as Director of Jewelers of America, initially as interim CEO and a member of the board of directors of Express, Inc. His tenure led to the failing Zale Corporation led back from near-bankruptcy

Previously, Killion worked at Tommy Hilfiger (company) as executive vice president of human resources and executive recruiter at executive search firm Berglass+Associates.

In 2012, he accepted the M.B. Zale Visionary Merchant Award from Texas A&M University. He received the 2013 Dreambuilder Award from BlackGivesBack

He was educated at The Hill School and has a B.A and M.Ed from Tufts University.