Walmart Inc WMT said Tuesday it's hired Suresh Kumar — a current Alphabet Inc GOOGL GOOG and former Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN executive — as its chief technology and chief development officer.
Kumar serves as vice president and general manager of display, video, app ads and analytics at Google, Walmart said in a Tuesday press release.
He starts July 8 at his new job, according to the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retail giant.
Kumar's résumé also includes a stint as the the corporate vice president of Microsoft Corporation MSFT's cloud infrastructure and operations.
Walmart shares were down 0.24 percent at $102.42 at the close Tuesday.
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Suresh Kumar. Photo courtesy of Walmart.
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