[126], During an Independence Day parade, supporters of Mastriano could be seen carrying a flag bearing the emblem of the Three Percenters. [9] He later worked as a general merchandise manager for Walmart's wholesale store division Sam's Club before taking an executive role at Walmart, overseeing toys, electronics, and sporting goods, among other areas. [4][5] He later became a buyer, then moved into management roles before becoming CEO in 2014. When the worst happens, we counter with our best selves. Doug McMillon was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on the 17th of October 1966. McMillon is married to Shelly McMillon and they have two young-adult sons. [33] In August 2017, McMillon wrote a rebuke of President Trump's response to the violent protests Charlottesville, Virginia in an email to all employees and on the internal company website that is viewable by the public. He makes $19 million a year and is worth more than $100 million. [4][13], During McMillon's tenure, Walmart International's sales growth outpaced Walmart US[14] and grew to 29 percent of total sales company-wide. According to the Economic Policy Institute, Walmart imported about $49 billion in Chinese products in the twelve-year period ending in 2013. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Tuesday became the latest retail executive to weigh in on theft, . A member of the Republican Party, he was the GOP nominee in the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, which he lost by 14.8 percentage points to Democrat Josh Shapiro. [6], The next year, as McMillon studied for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Tulsa, he called Walmart and told an executive he was interested in training to become a buyer when he completed his studies. Lastly, for years, Walmarts own domestic business practices have called into question its managements respect for the individual. On the top of this list was the companys custom of secretly taking life insurance out on its employees and then cashing in the policieswith Walmart as the beneficiarywhen the individuals died. Response, and the Implications for U.S. Landpower, The Civilian Putsch of 2018: Debunking The Myth of a Civil-Military Leadership Rift, "Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee was registered to vote in N.J. until 2021", "How Election Subversion Went Mainstream in Pennsylvania", "GOP nominee had role in Holocaust film that likened abortion, gun control to Nazism", "How Doug Mastriano ended up in a Holocaust film that troubles scholars", "Pa. [10][124] As Governor, Mastriano would have the power to appoint Pennsylvania's Secretary of State, who oversees elections in the state. [22] In 2002, he received a master's degree in military operational art and science from the Air University's School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Mr. C. Douglas McMillon has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Wal-Mart International Operations at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Wal-Mart Canada Corp. since February 1, 2009. [116] Reporters from several outlets had been refused entry to his rallies, including reporters from The Philadelphia Inquirer,[21] NBC News,[124] and CNN. This policy update came as a result of the mass shooting which took place at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in August 2019. Retired Clark County Treasurer Doug Lasher is pictured at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. (3)", "Editorial: Mastriano isn't a hack. Having first joined the company as a summer associate in high school, he became the company's fifth CEO in 2014. [54][55] In October 2020, Mastriano introduced Senate Bill 1321 to protect such monuments from being removed or vandalized. [44] For full details: http://bit.ly/2ZKGUkg, A post shared by Doug McMillon (@dougmcmillon) on Sep 3, 2019 at 10:26am PDT. [109][110] One firm involved had previously audited the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. [21], Mastriano's campaign had largely avoided talking to media outlets and journalists,[119] instead choosing to directly reach supporters via Facebook and speaking to a few conservative outlets. He further provided the names of attendees. Democrats can vote for Republican candidates, and with Democrats unlikely to field competitive nomination races (or, in many races, any candidate at all) the theory is that it may behoove the liberals to vote for Burgum who many see as a sort of left-of-center Republican. [196] In the video, Mastriano says "Friends, thanks for being here. This election has to be turned around because we won Pennsylvania by a lot and we won all these swing states by a lot," he said. While CEOs like Tim Cook at Apple are household names, few Americans are likely to know anything about Doug McMillon. 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"He is ahead of the curve and by taking such decisions he will remain ahead.". [180] Five days after the election was called for Shapiro, Mastriano formally conceded the race without issue. 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He urged his supporters "to exercise their votes and throw the bums out Democrats in Washington and Harrisburg. "[171], Mastriano faced accusations of antisemitism in September 2022 following comments he made regarding Shapiro, who is Jewish. Doug McMillon is a Tennessee nationality. Its difficult to find a word strong enough to describe the way we feel. He ran for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district in 2018, where he finished fourth in the primary. Several folks have asked us how they can help those affected by the #FlintWaterCrisis. Doug is a longtime champion of Walmart's customers, its associates and the company's culture. He is a director on the board of the retailer. [88], It was reported on November 29 that Mastriano, who had participated in the meeting with Trump, had left the meeting abruptly upon learning that he had tested positive for COVID-19 infection. [57], On March 28, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastriano proposed legislation that would allow Pennsylvania businesses to reopen if they followed CDC mitigation guidelines, subject to health department and law enforcement inspections. [21] Mastriano's campaign also attempted to have two CNN journalists removed from a hotel where they had video equipment set up on a balcony overlooking a rally in Uniontown. Wal-Mart books more than a billion dollars a day in sales worldwide, or $469 billion in fiscal year 2013. quicklist: title: Family text: McMillon once told CNBC in an interview that he was hesitant to take a job in the company's international operations, which would eventually require travel to places like South Africa, Brazil, China and Europe, because he had a young child at the time. [88] Mastriano said he had joined two lawsuits seeking to overturn the election results (Texas v. Pennsylvania, which the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed on the same day for lack of standing, and Kelly v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania U.S. Representative Mike Kelly, which the U.S. Supreme Court had rejected three days prior to Mastriano's article). "[195], Following the controversy, Media Matters for America published a Facebook livestream from Mastriano in 2020 where he praised armed men, who were ostensibly defending a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Gettysburg National Park. [27], After college, Mastriano was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army and assigned to the Military Intelligence Corps. He sold more than 130 tickets for those buses. [35] He also said that Islam is not compatible with the constitution and that recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be deported. Duke, who will have had the shortest term of Wal-Mart's CEOs at five years in February, will turn 64 on Dec. 7. [81][89] Some of the participants had ridden in a large van from the Gettysburg meeting to the White House meeting, while Mastriano, his son and his son's friend had driven together in a separate car. Forbes named McMillon to its Worlds Most Powerful People for three years in a row. Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Doug McMillon (IG: @dougmcmillon), president and chief executive officer of Walmart, a company that, if it were a country, would be the 25th largest economy in the world. Visit Good360.org/Flint to learn more about how you can join the effort. Doug McMillon is an American businessman who serves as Walmart Inc.'s president and CEO. [117], Mastriano had long been rumored to be considering a bid for Governor of Pennsylvania, particularly following his high-profile role in trying to change the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Carl Douglas McMillon (born October 17, 1966) is an American businessman, and the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Walmart Inc. Democratic colleagues called for his resignation, saying senators must be held to a higher standard than others. It is common for journalists, religious worshippers, human rights activists and other headaches to the state to be imprisoned or simply disappear there, according to Amnesty International. [29] Mastriano also spent four years at the NATO Land Headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. He went on to serve in senior leadership roles in all of Walmarts business segments. [32][33] Less than a week after his announcement, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the congressional district map of Pennsylvania after ruling the previous map unconstitutional (due to gerrymandering by the majority Republican Party), and the area previously covered by the 9th district corresponds most closely to the new 13th district, so Mastriano became a candidate for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Walmart President and CEO, Doug McMillon, will run for US President as a Democrat in 2024 or 2028. For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Trump said, You had very fine people on both sides., McMillon said, in a statement that at the time was posted on the Walmart website and has since been removed, that Trump missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting the appalling actions of white supremacists.. This year he has donated $142,000 to the Democratic National Committee, $5,600 specifically to Joe Biden, and $10,000 to the Democratic party of Iowa. [14][15], Mastriano was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on January 2, 1964, the son of Italian Americans Richard L. and Janice C. (Bono) Mastriano. on intellectual property theft by Walmarts partner, China, with huge potential import consequences. How Doug McMillon went from a high schooler working at Walmart for $6.50 an hour to a millionaire CEO running one of the world's most powerful companies . He told CNNMoney in an interview that Walmart's selection of firearms should be geared towards hunters and sports shooters. Stock awards: $19.2 million. The Republican Party will need a leader. [30], Forbes named McMillon to its World's Most Powerful People list in 2014, 2015 and 2016 where he ranked No. [31][non-primary source needed] He ended his military career as a faculty instructor in the Department of Military Strategy at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during 20122017,[non-primary source needed][22] and retired in 2017 at the rank of colonel. [121] Three days before the election former President Donald Trump endorsed Mastriano. A post shared by Doug McMillon (@dougmcmillon) on Jul 30, 2019 at 12:29pm PDT, A post shared by Doug McMillon (@dougmcmillon) on Aug 3, 2019 at 2:58pm PDT. In ripping the president for missing "a critical opportunity to help bring our country together," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said, "Respect for the individual is one of our core beliefs at. Its your turn to act, Senate Republicans. 29, No. "[38], On May 21, 2019, Mastriano defeated Democrat Sarah Hammond with 70% of the vote. , Respect for the individual is one of our core beliefs at Walmart. That is an absurd claim to be made by the largest distribution agent for Chinese products in the United States. He sits on the retailer's board of directors. Walmart, with its stores often serving as the only retail provider left in Americas poorest cities and towns, has long been on the defensive for its low wages and more recently, its increasing reliance on part-time and temporary workers for which they do not have to pay benefits like health insurance. Walmart announced Monday that its board of directors has elected Doug McMillon to be the next CEO. His remarks today were a step in the right direction and we need that clarity and consistency in the future. 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A post shared by Doug McMillon (@dougmcmillon) on Aug 6, 2019 at 2:58pm PDT, Last week, our Walmart family suffered two separate acts of violence. He's much worse", "A Pa. senator gets a political boost from pushing Trump's false election claims with 2022 in sight", "Handicapping Pa.'s 2022 gubernatorial race: As year comes to a close, plenty of contenders", "Sen. Mastriano: I'm trying to prevent Gov. In July, Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who dared draft a proposed democratic charter for communist China, died in custody after years of abuse. According to WWD, Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon contributed $384 to a political action fund owned by Walmart in January 2016. Read More: Walmart's Black Friday, Thanksgiving Plans Try to Control Crowds: Will They Work?