Former Dollar General exec to return as CFO
A finance veteran is making his return to Dollar General Corp.’s C-suite.
Donny Lau has been named as executive VP and CFO at the discount giant, effective Oct. 20, 2025, following the departure of current CFO Kelly Dilts on Aug. 28, 2025. In the interim, Dollar General’s CEO Todd Vasos will serve as the principal financial officer.
Lau is returning to Dollar General after serving as the CFO of Zaxby’s Franchising LLC since July 2023. From 2017 to 2023, Lau held a slew of financial positions at Dollar General, most recently serving as senior VP of finance and chief strategy officer. Other roles included VP of investor relations and corporate strategy and VP of strategy and corporate development.
“I am excited to welcome Donny back to Dollar General as our next CFO,” said Vasos. “Donny’s deep understanding of our business, culture and values and his impressive financial leadership and experience uniquely position him to drive excellence and create long-term shareholder value. I have full confidence in his ability to guide our financial organization forward.”
Prior to joining Dollar General, Lau served in various financial planning, investor relations, and corporate strategy roles of increasing responsibility with Yum! Brands, Inc. from 2011 to 2017. Before joining Yum! Brands, Lau served as VP of investment banking at Morgan Keegan & Company, and as VP of investment banking at Morgan Joseph.
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As of May 2, 2025, Dollar General Corp. operated 20,582 Dollar General, DG Market, DGX and Popshelf stores across the United States and Mi Súper Dollar General stores in Mexico.
During the first quarter of 2025, the company opened 156 new stores, remodeled 668 stores through Project Elevate (an incremental remodel initiative aimed at mature stores that are not yet old enough to be part of the full remodel pipeline), remodeled 559 stores through its Project Renovate full remodel program and relocated 23 stores.
