Doug McMillon was just 17 years old when he started working in Walmart’s warehouses in the summer of 1984. Since then, he’s scaled the retail giant’s ranks, from unloading trailers for $6.50 an hour to becoming the company’s youngest CEO since its founder, Sam Walton. McMillon is set to retire at the end of this month, having worked up to a $26.3 million salary.
In the 30 years between starting out and taking the reins in 2014, the outgoing chief went from promotion to promotion, holding a store assistant role in Tulsa before getting his foot in the door of headquarters in January 1991 as the fishing tackle buyer and working his way up in management.
