What is Walmart?
{{Infobox Company | company_name = Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | company_logo = Walmart logo (2025; Stacked alt).svg | company_type = [[Discount department store]]/[[Public company|Public]] ({{nyse|WMT}}) | foundation = {{Start date and age|1962|7|2}} (in [[Rogers, Arkansas|Rogers]], [[Arkansas]]) | location_city = [[Bentonville, Arkansas|Bentonville]], Arkansas [[Elmira, New York|Elmira]], New York (Walmart Radio) | location_country = [[United States]] | num_locations = 10,000 | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = [[Sam Walton]] (1918–1992), Founder<br />[[H. Lee Scott]], CEO<br />[[S. Robson Walton]], Chairman <br />[[Thomas Schoewe]], [[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]] | logo_caption = Walmart logo | industry = Retail | num_employees = 2.0 Million (2022) | products = [[department store|Discount store]]s, [[supermarket|grocery store]]s, and [[hypermarket]]s | revenue = [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]$523.964 billion [[United States Dollar|USD]] (FY 2020) | net_income = [[File:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg|10px]]$14.881 billion [[United States Dollar|USD]] (FY 2020) | homepage = http://www.walmart.com }}'''Walmart''' is a chain of American public discount department stores founded in 1962 by [[Sam Walton]] in [[Bentonville, Arkansas]]. In 2022, it had 10,586 stores and clubs in 18 countries, operating under 46 different names. It was the world's largest company by revenue in 2022, according to the ''Fortune'' Global 500 list in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Fortune 500: Walmart |url=https://fortune.com/company/walmart/fortune500/ |access-date=January 2, 2023 |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214204058/https://fortune.com/company/walmart/fortune500/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It had 2.2 million employees. It has almost 4,600 [[Pharmacist|pharmacies]] and more than 3,000 [[Optician|vision centers]]. In 2024, it closed its 51 health centers and its Walmart Health Virtual Care services.<ref>{{Cite web|las