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Walmart

American retailer. Kevin Systrom sat on its board from 2014 to 2018.

Includes Sam's Club.

Of the 4 people here linked to Walmart, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. 1 of them also appear at Chipotle Mexican Grill. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

4 people at Walmart

Board

Role

Director
Source · medium confidence. Wikipedia lists Walmart as a current board seat, citing Walmart's board page. The start year is not stated and the Walmart page itself could not be fetched.
Still there
Food & Beverage · Retail 3 / 0
Brian Niccol
Chairman and CEO, Starbucks; former CEO of Chipotle and Taco Bell
class not established · some · graduate degree
Founder

Role

Founder (co-founded with his brother Bud Walton), 1962–1992
Source · high confidence
Past
Retail 5 / 1
Sam Walton
Founder, Walmart
farm-country frugal · some · college degree
Employee

Role

Summer associate, then assistant store manager, buyer trainee and merchandiser, 1984
Source · medium confidence. Wikipedia gives the early jobs but no end year for this stage; he became president and CEO of Sam's Club in 2005.
Past
Retail 3 / 0
Doug McMillon
Former President and CEO, Walmart (2014-2026)
comfortable middle-class · some · graduate degree

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