India, April 8 -- While Walmart is facing a week-long nationwide boycott due to specific economic and policy issues starting Monday, Doug McMillon, the CEO of the company, earns more than $25 million annually.

As American consumers have called the economic "blackout", Walmart told Newsweek on Monday that "serving communities is at the heart of Walmart's purpose."

The nationwide Walmart boycott from April 7-14 is organized by an independent group called People's Union USA, which claims that growing wealth disparity and a "rigged" system for all Americans, regardless of their political inclinations, are the driving forces behind it.

McMillion, 58, started working for Walmart as a summer worker in 1984 and rose through the ranks to become...