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Official website. Carl Douglas McMillon (born October 17, 1966 [1]) is an American businessman, and the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Walmart Inc. [2] He sits on the retailer's board of directors. Having first joined the company as a summer associate in high school, he became the company's fifth CEO in 2014.
Furner began his career at Walmart in 1993 as an hourly store associate. [3] He later became a store manager, district manager, and buyer. He became CEO of Sam's Club on Feb. 1, 2017, after serving as Sam's Club's chief merchandising officer and, prior that, spending nearly three years in Walmart's international division as EVP of merchandising and marketing for Walmart China.
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. [ 1] The Walmart chain proper was founded in 1962 with a single store in Rogers, expanding inside Oklahoma by 1968 and throughout the ...
The executive at the top of the Fortune 500, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, started his career near the bottom.. Although he planned to attend a prestigious business school, he got rejected from ...
Wal-Mart will get a new CEO next year. On Monday, Wal-Mart announced that its board of directors has named Doug McMillon to join its ranks immediately as a sitting director. Effective Feb. 1 ...
Sam Walton. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in Rogers, Arkansas and Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the ...
William S. Simon. William S. "Bill" Simon (born 1960) is a professor and former business executive who served as president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Walmart U.S. and Executive Vice-president of Walmart Inc. from June 29, 2010, to August 8, 2014. Simon received his B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.
Doug McMillon, CEO, Walmart. Under McMillon, Walmart has lifted its entry-level wage a number of times, from $9 in 2015 to $14 today, and ramped up training to create more career paths like the ...