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CEO , Walmart

FOUNDED : 1962 EMPLOYEES : 2.1 MILLION CEO : DOUG MCMILLON REVENUE : US $ 642.6BN

Walmart is a retail giant known for its vast logistics capabilities . It boasts 210 distribution centres , each of which occupies more than one million sq ft and employs at least 600 people . In addition to these day-to-day centres , Walmart also operates six distribution centres across the US which are specifically designed to provide aid to local communities in the event of a natural disaster .

The company also owns clothing brand George and major brands within food , stationery and more . To support this expansion , Walmart has invested in automation by building a hundred fully-automated fulfilment centres attached to existing retail stores . Of this technological transformation , Doug McMillon , Walmart ’ s CEO , said : “ It ’ s very exciting , the way the company has changed our way of working to put technology to work , whether that ’ s software or the way we use our data or , increasingly , the way we use robotics in our business ”.

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