Walmart
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is a company founded by Sam Walton in 1962. It is one of the world's largest companies, behind Exxon Mobil. Walmart stores are large department stores that sell many different things. There are more than 8,000 Wal-Mart stores around the world, and over 2 million people work for Walmart.[1]
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Type | Discount department store/Public (NYSE: WMT) |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | July 2, 1962; 61 years ago (1962-07-02) (in Rogers, Arkansas) |
Headquarters | Bentonville, Arkansas
Elmira, New York (Walmart Radio) , Mexico, U. S. and Canada |
Number of locations | 20,000+ |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sam Walton (1918–1992), Founder H. Lee Scott, CEO S. Robson Walton, Chairman Thomas Schoewe, CFO |
Products | Discount stores, grocery stores, and hypermarkets |
Revenue | ![]() |
20,428,000,000 United States dollar (2022) ![]() | |
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Total assets | 252,496,000,000 United States dollar (2021) ![]() |
Number of employees | 2.0 Million (2022) |
Website | http://www.walmart.com |