Best Buy

Best Buy is a Publicly Owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 1966, it employs approximately 70,300 individuals and reported $41.7B in revenue as of 2025. The company primarily operates in physical retail, functioning as an American multinational consumer electronics retailer. It was originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, before being rebranded under its current name with an emphasis on consumer electronics in 1983.