Suresh Kumar

When Kumar—a former Amazon and Google executive—joined Walmart in 2019, a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic hadn’t yet upended the retail industry. Since then, however, Kumar has helped the U.S. retail giant pivot to meet evolving consumer needs. That includes using AI, machine learning and voice technology to predict demand, manage stock levels and optimize the supply chain, all of which contributed to bringing the retail giant to $560 billion for 2021. Meanwhile, Walmart continues to build out its advertising business and a soon-to-launch DSP as it seeks to further monetize the data generated by its 150 million weekly shoppers in the U.S.