David Guggina

Executive Vice President, President and CEO, Walmart U.S. · Walmart

RetailBentonville, AR

Executive Vice President and President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart U.S. since 1 February 2026, succeeding John Furner. Before that he was Chief eCommerce Officer and earlier head of supply chain for Walmart U.S., having joined from Amazon, where he held fulfilment, quality and returns leadership roles. He studied accounting and business management at Purdue.

Last reviewed: Oct 1, 2026

David Guggina

Executive Vice President, President and CEO, Walmart U.S. Walmart

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

David Guggina runs Walmart U.S. as its President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2026. He took over from John Furner when Furner became chief executive of Walmart Inc. At 40 when appointed, he is the youngest of Walmart’s executive officers, and his background is in operations and technology rather than store management. He came from Amazon’s fulfilment and returns operations, and at Walmart led product and engineering, automation, the U.S. supply chain and eCommerce before taking the top U.S. job.

Career Highlights

  • Executive Vice President, President and CEO, Walmart U.S. since 1 February 2026.
  • Executive Vice President and Chief eCommerce Officer, Walmart U.S. from January 2025 to February 2026.
  • Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, Walmart U.S. from November 2022 to January 2025.
  • Senior Vice President, Innovation and Automation from April 2021 to November 2022.
  • Senior Vice President, Product and Engineering from December 2019 to April 2021.

Professional Journey

Guggina earned a B.S. in accounting and business management at Purdue University. He spent more than a decade in manufacturing and at Amazon, where he held leadership roles across fulfilment operations, quality control, subject matter expert teams and customer returns.

He moved to Walmart and by December 2019 was Senior Vice President, Product and Engineering for Walmart U.S. In April 2021 he became Senior Vice President, Innovation and Automation. In November 2022 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, overseeing distribution centres, fulfilment centres and the deployment of automation. In January 2025 he became Executive Vice President and Chief eCommerce Officer, leading the growth of the online business and marketplace.

In January 2026 Walmart named him President and CEO of Walmart U.S., effective 1 February, succeeding Furner. In the second quarter of fiscal 2027 Walmart reported global eCommerce growth of 23 percent, led by store-fulfilled pickup and delivery and marketplace.

Education

Purdue University

Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Business Management