Suresh Kumar is the executive vice president and global chief technology officer (CTO) and chief development officer (CDO) of Walmart, Inc. As the global CTO, Suresh sets our technical strategy, combining advances in computing with Walmart’s strengths to deliver the best customer experiences. As the global CDO, he leads the team in building tools and systems to digitally transform our business operations, using the scale and power of our data to deliver a competitive advantage while improving the productivity of our associates.
Suresh’s organization includes technologists from across Walmart that power all of our global businesses, including – Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club, and Walmart International. He also oversees our global shared services, data, cloud, infrastructure, and information security organizations.
Suresh has 25 years of technology leadership experience, most recently from Google where he served as vice president and general manager of display, video, app ads, and analytics. He was responsible for Google’s network advertising P&L, as well as advertising revenue on Google Play Store, Gmail, and YouTube. He led product and engineering teams for Google Ad Network, AdMob, AdSense, DV360, AdManager, Google Analytics, GA 360, and all associated products. Suresh led the acceleration of growth in the business and launched several product features while significantly reducing traffic acquisition and infrastructure costs.
Prior to Google, Suresh was the corporate vice president of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and operations, where he was responsible for planning, delivering, operating, and managing all physical infrastructure for cloud services. Suresh managed Microsoft’s portfolio of data centers, network, servers, fiber, supply chain, energy, construction, leases, and infrastructure automation. He drove key aspects of Microsoft’s cloud expansion, overseeing a doubling of its global reach and tripling of capacity during his tenure. He was also responsible for transformation of Microsoft’s cloud supply chain and operations, for increasing throughput, agility and safety, and for driving scale through automation.
Prior to joining Microsoft in 2014, Suresh spent 15 years at Amazon in various leadership roles, including as vice president of technology for retail systems and operations. Suresh helped Amazon’s retail business scale and grow tenfold by automating all of its internal processes, including demand forecasting, pricing optimization, promotional merchandizing, and vendor management. He also led Amazon’s retail operations that managed its massive selection, from creating and maintaining its catalog to monitoring and reacting to the competitive landscape. Prior to this, Suresh led Amazon’s retail supply chain and inventory management systems.
Before Amazon, Suresh was a research staff member at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where he worked on a number of areas, from collaborative supply chain planning to shock modelling and protection of portable hard disk drives.
Suresh holds a PhD in engineering from Princeton University and a bachelor of technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
What is Suresh Kumar's net worth?
The estimated net worth of Suresh Kumar is at least $205.26 million as of September 12th, 2025. Mr. Kumar owns 1,787,200 shares of Walmart stock worth more than $205,259,920 as of December 4th. This net worth evaluation does not reflect any other investments that Mr. Kumar may own. Additionally, Mr. Kumar receives an annual salary of $3,660,000.00 as Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer at Walmart. Learn More about Suresh Kumar's net worth.
What is Suresh Kumar's salary?
As the Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer of Walmart Inc., Mr. Kumar earns $3,660,000.00 per year. There are 3 executives that earn more than Mr. Kumar. The highest earning executive at Walmart is Mr. C. Douglas McMillon, President, CEO & Director, who commands a salary of $6,230,000.00 per year. Learn More on Suresh Kumar's salary.
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Has Suresh Kumar been buying or selling shares of Walmart?
Suresh Kumar has not been actively trading shares of Walmart over the course of the past ninety days. Most recently, Suresh Kumar sold 30,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.47, for a transaction totalling $3,104,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 1,787,200 shares of the company's stock, valued at $184,921,584. Learn More on Suresh Kumar's trading history.
Who are Walmart's active insiders?
Walmart's insider roster includes Daniel Bartlett (EVP), M. Biggs (EVP), Rachel Brand (EVP), Rosalind Brewer (Insider), Jacqueline Canney (EVP), David Chojnowski (SVP), Timothy Flynn (Director), John Furner (EVP), Suresh Kumar (Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer), Marc Lore (EVP), Judith Mckenna (EVP), Kathryn McLay (EVP), C Mcmillon (President, CEO & Director), Robert Moritz, Jr. (Director), Christopher Nicholas (EVP), Christopher Nicholas (Exec. VP & CEO), John Rainey (EVP), Randall Stephenson (Former Director), Alice Walton (Major Shareholder), Jim Walton (Major Shareholder), and S Walton (Director). Learn More on Walmart's active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Walmart?
During the last year, insiders at the retailer sold shares 54 times. They sold a total of 602,706 shares worth more than $58,867,267.16. The most recent insider tranaction occured on December, 1st when EVP John D Rainey sold 2,200 shares worth more than $244,706.00. Insiders at Walmart own 0.1% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Walmart. Information on this page was last updated on 12/1/2025.
