Walmart Inc. appointed Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Superhuman (formerly Grammarly), to its board of directors, effective immediately.
Mehrotra will serve on two of the board’s committees – compensation and management and technology and e-commerce.
“Our focus remains on serving customers through a people-led, tech-powered approach,” said Greg Penner, chairman of Walmart’s board of directors. “Shishir’s background adds to our boardroom the insight of a proven builder, offering a distinguished track record scaling platforms relied upon by millions.”
Mehrotra’s experience leading tech-centric organizations is expected to contribute to Walmart’s strategic oversight in areas that intersect retail operations, technology innovation and customer engagement.
“Shishir brings a rare combination of technical depth and product leadership. He has helped create and scale platforms that unlock creativity and productivity for people and teams at global scale,” said Randall Stephenson, lead independent director on the board of directors. “We’re excited to welcome him to our board.”
Mehrotra is a 25-plus year technology veteran with a track record of building category-defining platforms. Prior to joining Superhuman, he was the CEO and co-founder of Coda, a productivity and artificial intelligence platform that grew to serve millions of users and tens of thousands of teams.
Before founding Coda, Mehrotra served as YouTube’s chief product officer and chief technology officer, helping grow the company into the world’s largest video destination and one of Google’s largest and fastest-growing businesses.
“I have long admired Walmart’s ability to innovate while staying true to its core values, and joining the board as the company builds for an agentic AI future is a rare opportunity,” Mehrotra said.
“This era is the most significant technological shift I’ve seen in my career, and I look forward to working with the team to shape the future for the millions of people Walmart serves.”
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