Best Buy

Summary

Best Buy is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (558 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Best Buy is in the country of United States^[3].
• Best Buy's image is recorded as Bestbuystore.jpg^[4].
• Best Buy's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Best Buy's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Best Buy's instance of is recorded as public company^[7].
• Best Buy's instance of is recorded as retail chain^[8].
• Best Buy's founder is recorded as Richard M. Schulze^[9].
• Best Buy's logo image is recorded as Best Buy logo 2018.svg^[10].
• Best Buy's logo image is recorded as Sound of Music - 1980.svg^[11].
• Best Buy's logo image is recorded as Best Buy Co. Superstores logo.png^[12].
• Best Buy's logo image is recorded as Best Buy Superstores logo.jpg^[13].
• Best Buy's logo image is recorded as Best Buy Logo.svg^[14].
• Best Buy's headquarters location is recorded as Richfield^[15].
• Best Buy's chief executive officer is recorded as Hubert Joly^[16].
• Best Buy's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128037188^[17].
• Best Buy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2002105909^[18].
• Best Buy's child organization or unit is recorded as Geek Squad^[19].
• Best Buy's child organization or unit is recorded as Magnolia Audio Visual^[20].
• Best Buy's part of is recorded as S&P 500^[21].
• Best Buy's Commons category is recorded as Best Buy^[22].
• Best Buy's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[23].
• Best Buy's industry is recorded as retail^[24].
• +1966-08-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Best Buy^[25].
• Best Buy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zrdx^[26].
• Best Buy's official website is recorded as https://www.bestbuy.com/^[27].

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Founding

Best Buy's founder is recorded as Richard M. Schulze^[9]. +1966-08-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[25].

Identity

Best Buy's part of is recorded as S&P 500^[21].

Leadership

Best Buy's chief executive officer is recorded as Hubert Joly^[16]. Board members include J. Patrick Doyle^[28], a business executive^[29], b. 1963^[30], of United States^[31]; Corie Barry^[32]; Lisa Caputo^[33], a business executive^[34], b. 1965^[35]; David Kenny^[36], b. 1961^[37], of United States^[38]; Mario Marte^[39]; and Karen McLoughlin^[40].

Operations

Best Buy's headquarters location is recorded as Richfield^[15]. Subsidiaries include Geek Squad^[19], a business^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1994^[43], headquartered in Richfield^[44] and Magnolia Audio Visual^[20], a business^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1954^[47].

Industry

Best Buy's industry is recorded as retail^[24].

Ownership

Best Buy's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[23]. Its product or material produced is recorded as consumer electronics^[48].

Why It Matters

Best Buy ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (558 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]