Tesco

Summary

Tesco is a business^[1]. Tesco ranks in the top 0.42% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,777 views/month, #124 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tesco is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Tesco's instance of is recorded as business^[4].
• Tesco's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar^[5].
• Tesco's instance of is recorded as supermarket chain^[6].
• Tesco's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• Tesco's instance of is recorded as public company^[8].
• Tesco's instance of is recorded as gas station chain^[9].
• Tesco's founder is recorded as Jack Cohen^[10].
• Tesco is owned by Norges Bank^[11].
• Tesco is owned by Deutsche Bank^[12].
• Tesco is owned by BlackRock^[13].
• Tesco is owned by Schroders^[14].
• Tesco followed Stewarts Supermarket Limited^[15].
• Tesco followed Hillards^[16].
• Tesco followed William Low^[17].
• Tesco's headquarters location is recorded as Welwyn Garden City^[18].
• Tesco's headquarters location is recorded as Cheshunt^[19].
• Tesco's chief executive officer is recorded as Ken Murphy^[20].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Tesco Ireland^[21].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Tesco Bank^[22].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Stewarts Supermarket Limited^[23].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Dunnhumby^[24].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Dobbies Garden Centres^[25].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Tesco Stores ČR^[26].
• Tesco's child organization or unit is recorded as Tesco Metro^[27].

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Founding

Tesco's founder is recorded as Jack Cohen^[10]. 1919 marks the founding of Tesco^[28].

Identity

Tesco is part of FTSE 100 Index^[29]. Predecessors include Stewarts Supermarket Limited^[15], Hillards^[16], and William Low^[17].

Leadership

Tesco's chief executive officer is recorded as Ken Murphy^[20]. Tesco's chairperson is recorded as John Allan^[30].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Welwyn Garden City^[18], a town^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1920^[33] and Cheshunt^[19], a town^[34], in United Kingdom^[35]. Subsidiaries include Tesco Ireland^[21], a business^[36], founded in 1966^[37], headquartered in Dublin^[38]; Tesco Bank^[22], a business^[39], founded in 1997^[40], headquartered in Edinburgh^[41]; Stewarts Supermarket Limited^[23], a business^[42]; Dunnhumby^[24], a business^[43], founded in 1989^[44], headquartered in London^[45]; Dobbies Garden Centres^[25], a privately held company^[46], in United Kingdom^[47], founded in 1865^[48], headquartered in Lasswade^[49]; and Tesco Stores ČR^[26], a business^[50], in Czech Republic^[51], founded in 1992^[52], headquartered in Prague^[53].

Industry

Tesco's industry is recorded as retail chain^[54].

Ownership

Owners include Norges Bank^[11], a central bank^[55], in Norway^[56], founded in 1816^[57], headquartered in Oslo^[58]; Deutsche Bank^[12], a universal bank^[59], in Germany^[60], founded in 1870^[61], headquartered in Frankfurt^[62]; BlackRock^[13], a company^[63], in United States^[64], founded in 1988^[65], headquartered in New York City^[66]; and Schroders^[14], a business^[67], in United Kingdom^[68], founded in 1804^[69], headquartered in London^[70]. Tesco's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange^[71].

Why It Matters

Tesco ranks in the top 0.42% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,777 views/month, #124 of 29,529).^[2] Tesco has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[72] Tesco is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[73]