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=== Governance === Walmart is governed by an eleven-member board of directors elected annually by [[shareholder]]s. [[Greg Penner|Gregory B. Penner]], son-in-law of [[S. Robson Walton]] and the grandson-in-law of Sam Walton, serves as [[chairman]] of the board. Doug McMillon serves as president and chief executive officer. Current members of the board are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/board-of-directors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703052556/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/board-of-directors |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=Corporate β US |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Form10K" /><ref name="Sorkin_Rusli">{{cite news |last=Sorkin, Andrew R. |author2=Rusli, Evelyn M. |date=July 16, 2012 |title=A Yahoo Search Calls Up a Chief From Google. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/googles-marissa-mayer-tapped-as-yahoos-chief/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720011353/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/googles-marissa-mayer-tapped-as-yahoos-chief/ |archive-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref> * Gregory B. Penner, chairman of the board of directors of Walmart Inc. and general partner of Madrone Capital Partners * [[Cesar Conde]], chairman of [[NBCUniversal International Networks|NBCUniversal International Group]] and [[NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group#NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises|NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises]] * Timothy P. Flynn, retired CEO of [[KPMG|KPMG International]] * [[Sarah Friar]], CFO of [[OpenAI]] * Carla A. Harris, Vice-chairman of Wealth Management, head of multicultural client strategy, managing director, and senior client advisor at [[Morgan Stanley]] * [[Thomas W. Horton|Tom Horton]], senior advisor at [[Warburg Pincus|Warburg Pincus, LLC]], and retired chairman and CEO of [[American Airlines]] * [[Marissa Mayer|Marissa A. Mayer]], co-founder of Lumi Labs, Inc., and former president and CEO of [[Yahoo!|Yahoo!, Inc.]] * Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart * Bob Moritz, retired chairman of [[PwC|PricewaterhouseCoopers]] * [[Brian Niccol]], chairman and CEO of [[Starbucks]] * [[Randall Stephenson]], retired chairman and CEO of [[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]] * S. Robson "Rob" Walton, retired chairman of the board of directors of Walmart Inc. * [[Steuart Walton]], founder of RZC Investments, LLC. Notable former members of the board include [[Hillary Clinton]] (1985β1992)<ref>{{cite web |author=Harkavy, Ward |date=May 24, 2000 |title=Wal-Mart's First Lady |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0021,harkavy,15052,5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301202725/http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0021%2Charkavy%2C15052%2C5.html |archive-date=March 1, 2005 |access-date=August 3, 2006 |work=[[The Village Voice]]}}</ref> and [[Tom Coughlin (Walmart executive)|Tom Coughlin]] (2003β2004), the latter having served as vice chairman. Clinton left the board before the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 U.S. presidential election]], and Coughlin left in December 2005 after pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Walmart.<ref>{{cite news |author=Boulden, Jennifer |date=January 31, 2006 |title=Wal-Mart Former Vice Chairman Coughlin Admits Fraud |magazine=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a574eQ1zemuk&refer=top_world_news |url-status=dead |access-date=August 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080712173022/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a574eQ1zemuk&refer=top_world_news |archive-date=July 12, 2008}}</ref> After Sam Walton's death in 1992, [[Don Soderquist]], Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice Chairman, became known as the "Keeper of the Culture".<ref name="Soderquist_Donald">{{Cite book |author=Soderquist, Donald |url=https://archive.org/details/walmartwayinside00sode |title=The Wal-mart Way: The Inside Story of the Success of the World's Largest Company |date=April 19, 2005 |publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] |isbn=978-0-7852-6119-3 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
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