John Furner
President and CEO
2026 – Present
0 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Furner started at Walmart as a hourly associate in 1993 and held leadership roles across merchandising, operations, and sourcing internationally, including two years as chief merchandising and marketing officer of Walmart China, before serving as president and CEO of Sam's Club US for nearly three years and then president and CEO of Walmart US from November 2019, overseeing more than 4,600 stores.
Legacy
Succeeded Doug McMillon as President and CEO after leading Walmart U.S. and earlier Sam's Club roles. Furner started at Walmart in 1993 as a hourly associate and spent more than three decades in roles spanning all three of the company's operating segments before running Sam's Club and then serving as CEO of Walmart's US business from 2019, the company's largest division, prior to his elevation to President and CEO effective February 1, 2026, continuing Walmart's long-standing pattern of promoting career-long internal executives to its top role rather than recruiting external retail leaders. His three decades of experience spanning Walmart US, Sam's Club, and international operations gave the board confidence he understood the operational tradeoffs across all three of Walmart's reporting segments, rather than just the US retail business most externally visible to customers and investors.