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Michael Terry Duke (born December 7, 1949) [1] is an American businessman. He served as the fourth chief executive officer of Walmart from 2009 to 2013. [2]Duke was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2010) for leadership and contributions to the design and implementation of innovative logistics and retail technologies.
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.
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.
Walmart officials moved McMillon from his role at Sam's Club to lead Walmart's international division in February 2009, [12] replacing Mike Duke, who was promoted to CEO of Walmart Stores, Inc. [10] Under McMillon, Walmart International focused on improving in existing markets, such as Canada, China, United Kingdom and the Americas. [13]
Gregory Boyd Penner (born December 18, 1969) is an American businessman who is the chairman of Walmart and co-owner and CEO of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He is the son-in-law of S. Robson Walton and the grandson-in-law of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. [1] [2] [3]
That same year, he was elected to the Walmart board of directors. In August 2002, he was also given the title of CEO for Sam's Club USA. The following April, he became executive vice president and vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [citation needed] On December 6, 2004, Walmart announced that Coughlin would retire effective January 24, 2005 ...
He served in that role until 1984 when he was named president and Walmart’s chief operating officer. Along with Rob Walton, in 1985, Glass managed development of Retail Link program, Walmart's proprietary trend-forecasting software. [3] In 1988, he was named Walmart's chief executive officer, stepping down from the position in January 2000 ...
On September 28, 2005, Walton replaced his deceased brother, John, on the Wal-Mart Board of Directors. [2] He was CEO of his family owned Arvest Bank, until becoming Chairman of Arvest Bank, and chairman of newspaper firm Community Publishers Inc. (CPI) owned by Jim Walton himself (but founded by his father Sam Walton after acquiring the local newspaper the Benton County Daily Record, both ...