Incoming Walmart CTO Kumar Has Google, Amazon On Résumé

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) said Tuesday it's hired Suresh Kumar — a current Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) and former Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: 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 (NASDAQ: 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.