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Walmart Stuns Market as Longtime CEO Doug McMillon Announces Retirement
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, who has spent more than a decade reshaping the country’s largest retailer into a technology-driven powerhouse, will retire in January 2026, the company announced Friday in a move that caught…
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About Doug McMillon
Carl Douglas McMillon is an American businessman who was the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Walmart from 2014 to 2026 when he retired. He also sits on the retailer's board of directors. McMillon first joined the company as a summer associate in high school, and led the company's Sam's Club division, from 2005 to 2009, and Walmart International, from 2009 to 2013.
Everything about Doug McMillon →- Occupation
- entrepreneur, chief executive officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 17, 1966
- Website
- https://corporate.walmart.com/about/leadership/doug-mcmillon