Walmart
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Walmart (disambiguation).
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Headquarters in Bentonville
Trading name
Walmart
Type
Public Traded as
Industry
Retail Founded
Founder
Sam Walton Headquarters
Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. Coordinates
36.3655837°N 94.2203385°WCoordinates:
36.3655837°N 94.2203385°W Number of locations
11,539 (July 31, 2016)
[1][2] Area served
Worldwide Key people
Products
- Electronics
- movies and music
- home and furniture
- home improvement
- clothing
- footwear
- jewelry
- toys
- health and beauty
- pet supplies
- sporting goods and fitness
- auto
- photo finishing
- craft supplies
- party supplies
- grocery
Services
Revenue
US$482.13 billion (2016)
[3] Operating income

US$24.105 billion (2016)
[3] Net income

US$14.694 billion (2016)
[3] Total assets 
US$199.581 billion (2016)
[3] Total equity 
US$80.546 billion (2016)
[3] Owner
Walton family (52%) Number of employees
- 2.3 million in the world (2016),
- 1.4 million in U.S. (2016)[4]
Divisions - Walmart U.S.
- Walmart International
- Sam's Club
- Global eCommerce
Subsidiaries
Slogan Save Money. Live Better. Website
Footnotes / references
[5][6][7] Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.[8] (
/ˈwɔːlmɑːrt/),
doing business as Walmart, is an American
multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of
hypermarkets,
discount department stores and
grocery stores. Headquartered in
Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by
Sam Walton in 1962 and
incorporated on October 31, 1969. As of July 31, 2016, Walmart has 11,539 stores and clubs in 28 countries, under a total of 63 banners.
[1][2][9] The company operates under the Walmart name in the United States and Canada. It operates as
Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico, as
Asda in the United Kingdom, as
Seiyu in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. It also owns and operates the
Sam's Club retail warehouses.
[10][11]
Walmart is the
world's largest company by revenue, according to the
Fortune Global 500 list in 2016, as well as the
largest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees. Walmart is a
family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the
Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings.
[12] It is also one of the
world's most valuable companies by market value,
[13] and is also the largest
grocery retailer in the U.S. In 2016, it generated 62.3 percent of its
US$478.614 billion sales in the U.S.
[14]
The company was listed on the
New York Stock Exchange in 1972. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company rose from a regional to a national giant. By 1988, Walmart was the most profitable retailer in the U.S.
[15] and by October 1989, it had become the largest in terms of revenue.
[16] Geographically limited to the
South and lower
Midwest up to the mid-1980s, by the early 1990s the company's presence spanned from coast to coast*—*Sam's Club opened in New Jersey in November 1989 and the first California outlet opened in
Lancaster in July 1990. A Walmart in
York, Pennsylvania opened in October 1990, bringing the main store to the
Northeast.
[17]
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