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Sumit Singh is an Indian-American businessman. As of 2018 he is the director and chief executive officer of Chewy an online retailer of pet food and other pet-related products.

Early life and education

Singh was born in India and later moved to the United States{{Cite web |date=2020-10-19 |title=Relentlessly Curious |url=https://magazine.engr.utexas.edu/2020/relentlessly-curious |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Texas Engineer |language=en-US}} before attending The Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.{{cite web |title=Sumit Singh |url=https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/speaker/sumit-singh |website=NRF 2022: Retail’s Big Show |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}} He also received an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.{{cite web |title=PetSmart Announces Leadership Transition at Chewy |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180314006310/en/PetSmart-Announces-Leadership-Transition-at-Chewy |website=Business Wire |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en |date=15 March 2018}}

Career

Singh joined Dell as the North American General Manager, and then joined Amazon, where he served as the director of Amazon Fresh.{{cite web |last1=Howland |first1=Daphne |title=Chewy founder leaves as former Amazon exec takes over |url=https://www.retaildive.com/news/chewy-founder-leaves-as-former-amazon-exec-takes-over/519306/ |website=Retail Dive |access-date=16 March 2022}} He joined Chewy in 2017, and served as the Chief Operating Officer before being named CEO in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Crets |first1=Stephanie |title=Roundup: Chewy CEO steps down and other personnel news |url=https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2018/03/16/roundup-chewy-ceo-steps-down-and-other-personnel-news/ |website=Digital Commerce 360 |access-date=16 March 2022 |date=16 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=PetSmart Announces Leadership Transition at Chewy |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180314006310/en/PetSmart-Announces-Leadership-Transition-at-Chewy |website=Business Wire |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en |date=15 March 2018}} He led Chewy through its IPO in 2019, growing the company to a market capitalization of $40 billion.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Dave |title=Chewy cashed in on pandemic pet boom but now must keep leash on Amazon |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2aa2dafc-2b98-4685-85f7-ffcbc0dd86f8 |website=Financial Times |access-date=16 March 2022 |date=17 April 2021}} Under his leadership, Chewy reached net profitability in Q4 of 2020.{{cite web |last1=Verdon |first1=Joan |title=Chewy Fetches A Profit, Sees Strong Growth Ahead |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanverdon/2021/03/30/chewy-fetches-a-profit-sees-strong-growth-ahead/?sh=4a6ee72351af |website=Forbes |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en}}In April 2022, Singh joined the Booking Holdings Board of Directors. {{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sumit-singh-ceo-of-chewy-inc-nominated-for-election-to-the-booking-holdings-board-of-directors-01651006593}}

Awards and honors

In 2020, Singh was named to Comparably's list of Best CEOs for Diversity.{{cite web |last1=Mendoza |first1=N. F. |title=Employees rate the best CEOs in the business (No. 1 is Eric Yuan of Zoom) |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/employees-rate-the-best-ceos-in-the-business-no-1-is-eric-yuan-of-zoom/ |website=TechRepublic |access-date=16 March 2022 |date=16 December 2020}} Later that year, in December, Bloomberg named Singh to the Bloomberg 50 list.{{cite web |last1=Dickinson |first1=Melanie |title=Meet South Florida's 2021 Power Leaders 250 (Part 1) |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2021/01/29/2021-power-leaders-250-part-1.html |website=BizJournals |access-date=16 March 2022}} That same month, he was named to Comparably's Best CEOs list.{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Coral |title=CEO rankings: Amazon's Jeff Bezos doesn't make the cut; Google's Sundar Pichai returns to top 3 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/12/15/zoom-google-ceos-ranked-best-ceos-year-says-comparably/3904491001/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=16 March 2022}}

In September 2021, the NRF Foundation named Singh to their list of People Shaping Retail's Future for 2022.{{cite web |title=NRF Foundation to honor CVS’ Neela Montgomery |url=https://www.chaindrugreview.com/nrf-foundation-announces-the-list-of-people-shaping-retails-future-2022/?fr=operanews |website=CDR – Chain Drug Review |access-date=16 March 2022 |date=21 September 2021}}

Personal life

Singh lives in Florida with his family.{{cite web |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article231565703.html |access-date=16 March 2022}}

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