Black Excellence: Latriece Watkins
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Sam’s Club is seeing a changing of the guards. Latriece Watkins is the newly appointed president and CEO of Sam’s Club, the members-only wholesale chain owned by Walmart Inc..
For decades, she’s been in Walmart’s C-suite driving growth. Watkins started with Walmart as an intern in the real estate division in 1997. She then worked her way up in the company, leading merchandising across snacks, beverages, beauty, and more, as well as store operations over the years. She became its chief merchant in 2023, where she led choosing approximately $500 billion worth of products sold by the American brand annually.