Walmart

Walmart

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Walmart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Type Industry Founded Founder(s) Headquarters

Public Retailing 1962 Sam Walton Bentonville, Arkansas, United States [1] 36°21′51″N 094°12′59″W

Number of locations 8,970 (2010)[2] Area served Key people Worldwide Mike Duke (CEO) H. Lee Scott (Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board) S. Robson Walton (Chairman) US$ 421.849 billion (2010) US$ 25.452 billion (2010) US$ 16.993 billion (2010) [2]

Revenue Operating income Net income Total assets Total equity Employees Divisions Subsidiaries

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US$ 180.663 billion (2010) US$ 71.274 billion (2010) Approx. 2,100,000 (2010) Walmart Canada Walmex Asda Sam's Club Seiyu Group [2]

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Traded as

[3] NYSE: WMT Dow Jones Industrial Average Component [4] [5]

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT [3]), branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company was the world's largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue.[6] The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, is the largest majority private employer[7] Walmart is also the largest grocery retailer in the United States. In 2009, it generated 51% of its US$258 billion sales in the U.S. from grocery business.[8] It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses

Walmart in North America. Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names.[9] The company operates under its own name in the United States, including the 50 states. It also operates under its own name in Puerto Rico. It operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. Walmart's investments outside...