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Wal-Mart

COMPANY

Official Website:
http://www.walmart.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:WMT

Corporate headquarters:
Bentonville, AR

Sales:
$256.3B (2004)

Employees:
1,500,000 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jay Allen
Business
?   Senior VP at Wal-Mart, 1995-2005
Rosalind G. Brewer
Business
c. 1962   Senior VP at Wal-Mart
Paul R. Carter
Business
c. 1940   CFO of Wal-Mart, 1988-95
Eduardo Castro-Wright
Business
c. 1953   Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart
Jim Donald
Business
?   President and CEO of Starbucks
Michael T. Duke
Business
c. 1950   Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart International
William R. Fields
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Hudson's Bay Company, 1997-99
David D. Glass
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Wal-Mart, 1988-2000
Joseph S. Hardin, Jr.
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Kinko's, 1997-2001
Linda P. Hefner
Business
c. 1960   EVP at Wal-Mart
Jeanne P. Jackson
Business
10-Aug-1951   CEO of Banana Republic, 1995-2000
Lawrence V. Jackson
Business
c. 1953   Wal-Mart executive
Bob L. Martin
Business
?   CEO of Wal-Mart International, 1993-99
John B. Menzer
Business
c. 1950   Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart, 2005-08
Thomas M. Schoewe
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Wal-Mart
H. Lee Scott
Business
1949   CEO of Wal-Mart, 2000-09
Jack C. Shewmaker
Business
c. 1938   President and COO of Wal-Mart, 1978-84
Francesca M. Spinelli
Business
c. 1952   Senior VP at PetSmart
B. Kevin Turner
Business
c. 1965   COO of Microsoft
Rob Walton
Business
1945   Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 10th richest man
Sam Walton
Business
29-Mar-1918 5-Apr-1992 America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Aida M. Alvarez
Business
1950   SBA Administrator, 1997-2001
James W. Breyer
Business
c. 1962   Venture capitalist, Accel Partners
M. Michele Burns
Business
c. 1958   CFO of Marsh & McLennan
James I. Cash, Jr.
Educator
c. 1948   Harvard Business School, 1976-2003
Roger C. Corbett
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Woolworths Limited, 1999-2006
Douglas N. Daft
Business
1943   CEO of Coca Cola, 2000-04
David D. Glass
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Wal-Mart, 1988-2000
Roland A. Hernandez
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Telemundo Group, 1995-2000
Allen I. Questrom
Business
13-Apr-1941   CEO of JC Penney, 2000-04
H. Lee Scott
Business
1949   CEO of Wal-Mart, 2000-09
Jack C. Shewmaker
Business
c. 1938   President and COO of Wal-Mart, 1978-84
Jim Walton
Relative
1948   World's 11th richest man, 2005
Rob Walton
Business
1945   Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 10th richest man
Christopher J. Williams
Business
c. 1958   Williams Capital
Linda S. Wolf
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide, 2001-05

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Paul R. Carter
Business
c. 1940   CFO of Wal-Mart, 1988-95
John T. Chambers
Business
23-Aug-1949   CEO of Cisco
Hillary Clinton
Politician
26-Oct-1947   US Secretary of State
Stephen Friedman
Business
21-Dec-1937   Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Frederick S. Humphries
Business
c. 1935   Former President, Florida A&M University
Pitt Hyde
Business
c. 1943   Founder of Autozone
Dawn G. Lepore
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Drugstore.com
John D. Opie
Business
c. 1939   Vice Chairman of GE, 1995-2000
J. Paul Reason
Military
22-Mar-1941   C-in-C of US Atlantic Fleet, 1996-99
Paula Stern
Government
31-Mar-1945   Chairman, Int'l. Trade Commission, 1984-86
John T. Walton
Relative
8-Oct-1946 27-Jun-2005 World's 11th richest man, 2005
Sam Walton
Business
29-Mar-1918 5-Apr-1992 America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gold Chains
Musician
c. 1973   Punk Rock MC
Barbara Ehrenreich
Author
26-Aug-1941   Nickel and Dimed
Justin M. King
Business
c. 1961   CEO of J. Sainsbury
Charles Platt
Author
1945   Science fiction novelist
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Moe Tucker
Drummer
26-Aug-1944   Drummer for The Velvet Underground
Alice Walton
Relative
7-Oct-1949   World's 13th richest person, 2005
Jim Walton
Relative
1948   World's 11th richest man, 2005

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bruce Bialosky
Business
?   Accountant, GOP activist
Andrew Young
Politician
12-Mar-1932   Second black mayor of Atlanta

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Garth Brooks
Country Musician
7-Feb-1962   Ropin' the Wind
Steve Garvey
Baseball
22-Dec-1948   Former LA Dodger
Paul Harvey
Radio Personality
4-Sep-1918 28-Feb-2009 Folksy radio quasi-journalist
Beyonce Knowles
Singer
4-Sep-1981   Former Destiny's Child frontwoman
Queen Latifah
Rapper
18-Mar-1970   Rapper, Actress
Ashley Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Mary-Kate Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin


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