Doug McMillon (IG: @dougmcmillon) is president
and chief executive officer of Walmart, a company that, if it
were a country, would be the 25th largest economy in the world.
Walmart serves 265 million customers weekly in 27 countries
across more than 11,000 stores and online, and the company
employs roughly 2.2 million associates worldwide, which would
equate to the second largest army in the world (behind China) if
it were tasked with defending that 25th largest economy.
75 percent of Walmart's store management team began as hourly
associates, and Doug is no exception. He started out in 1984 as a
summer associate in the Walmart distribution center, and in 1990
while pursuing his MBA, he rejoined the company as an assistant
manager in Tulsa before moving to merchandising as a buyer
trainee. He worked his way up, and from 2005 to 2009 he served as
president and CEO of Sam's Club (owned and operated by Walmart)
with sales of more than $46 billion annually during his tenure.
From February of 2009 to 2014, Doug served as president and CEO
of Walmart International, a fast-growing segment of Walmart's
overall operations. He has served on the board of directors for
Walmart since 2013 and is currently the chair of the executive
and global compensation committees. In addition, he serves on the
board of directors of the Consumer Goods Forum, the US-China
Business Council and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. He
also serves on the executive committee of the Business Roundtable
and the advisory board of the Tsinghua University School of
Economics and Management in Beijing, China.
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