William S. "Bill" Simon (born 1960) is a professor and former business executive who served as president and

Chief Executive Officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

(CEO) of Walmart U.S. and Executive Vice-president of

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from June 29, 2010, to August 8, 2014. Simon received his B.A. and M.B.A. from the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

. Before joining Walmart in 2006, he was at Brinker International and at the Florida State Department of Management Services. He spent 25 years in the U.S. Navy and

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. He taught as an adjunct professor at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

and was a member of the Baylor Board of Regents. He also serves on the board of directors for Darden Restaurants. As it grappled with sluggish store sales, Walmart said on July 24, 2014, that Simon was stepping down and was being replaced by the head of the company's Asia operations, Gregory Foran. In November 2015, over

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, Simon floated to safety after deploying the

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on his Cirrus SR22 aircraft, which was experiencing engine trouble.Cirrus SR22 Parachute Deployment Caught on Video
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References

External links

Wal-Mart press release

Leadership at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart U.S. CEO Bill Simon steps down
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