Walmart, Doug McMillon
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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon has been with the world’s largest retailer for decades, helping it keep its top spot on the Fortune 500. He got his start working at one of the company’s warehouses and moved his way up the corporate ladder, first as a fishing-tackle buyer. He tells people to not take their jobs for granted.
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How Walmart's new CEO started out as a store associate and rose to the top of the retail giant
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Incoming Walmart chief executive John Furner started at the mega retailer as an hourly employee stocking shelves. Now, the largest U.S. company by revenue is counting on him to guide it through its next chapter.
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