Tesco

Summary

Tesco is a business^[1]. Tesco ranks in the top 0.42% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,948 views/month, #124 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

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

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Founding

Tesco's founder is recorded as Jack Cohen^[11]. Recorded inception include 1919^[28] and 1947-11-27^[29].

Identity

Tesco is part of FTSE 100 Index^[30]. Predecessors include Stewarts Supermarket Limited^[16], Hillards^[17], and William Low^[18].

Leadership

Tesco's chief executive officer is recorded as Ken Murphy^[21]. Tesco's chairperson is recorded as John Allan^[31].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Welwyn Garden City^[19], a town^[32], in United Kingdom^[33], founded in 1920^[34] and Cheshunt^[20], a town^[35], in United Kingdom^[36]. Subsidiaries include Tesco Ireland^[22], a business^[37], in IE^[38], founded in 1966^[39], headquartered in Dublin^[40]; Tesco Bank^[23], a business^[41], founded in 1997^[42], headquartered in Edinburgh^[43]; Stewarts Supermarket Limited^[24], a business^[44]; Dunnhumby^[25], a business^[45], in GB^[46], founded in 1989^[47], headquartered in London^[48]; Dobbies Garden Centres^[26], a privately held company^[49], in United Kingdom^[50], founded in 1865^[51], headquartered in Lasswade^[52]; and Tesco Stores ČR^[27], a business^[53], in Czech Republic^[54], founded in 1992^[55], headquartered in Prague^[56].

Industry

Tesco's industry is recorded as retail chain^[57].

Ownership

Owners include Norges Bank^[12], a central bank^[58], in Norway^[59], founded in 1816^[60], headquartered in Oslo^[61]; Deutsche Bank^[13], a universal bank^[62], in Germany^[63], founded in 1870^[64], headquartered in Frankfurt^[65]; BlackRock^[14], a company^[66], in United States^[67], founded in 1988^[68], headquartered in New York City^[69]; and Schroders^[15], a business^[70], in United Kingdom^[71], founded in 1804^[72], headquartered in London^[73]. Tesco's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange^[74].

Why It Matters

Tesco ranks in the top 0.42% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,948 views/month, #124 of 29,529).^[2] Tesco has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[75] Tesco is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[76]