Paul Stone (born 1968/1969) is an American businessman, and the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of

The Hertz Corporation The Hertz Corporation is an American car rental company based in Estero, Florida. The company operates its namesake Hertz brand, along with the brands Dollar Rent A Car, Firefly Car Rental and Thrifty Car Rental. It is one of the three big rent ...

since May 2020. Stone spent 28 years of his career with

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

as a store manager rising to Western US divisional senior vice president. In March 2018, Stone joined Hertz as head of its North American car rental operations, after having been the chief retail officer at

Cabela's Cabela's Inc. is an American retailer that specializes in hunting, fishing, boating, camping, shooting and other outdoor recreation merchandise. The chain is based in Sidney, Nebraska. Cabela's was founded by Richard N. Cabela in 1961. Cabela' ...

, an outdoors store chain. On 18 May 2020, Stone was appointed president and CEO of Hertz, with immediate effect, succeeding

Kathryn V. Marinello Kathryn V. Marinello (born June 2, 1956) is an American businesswoman, and president and chief executive officer (CEO) of PODS, a moving and storage company. Previously, she was president and CEO of The Hertz Corporation. Early life Kathryn Mar ...

. Three days later the company filed for bankruptcy, but not before paying Stone $700,000.

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