Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, starting as a franchise of the Ben Franklin chain called "Walton's Five and Dime", which became Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has over 3,000 stores in the US, pays employees an average of $8 an hour without health benefits, and was sued over 4,500 times in 2000. The current CEO is Lee Scott, who earns $1.4 million annually and has implemented environmental initiatives such as obtaining 15% of energy from wind power and investing $500 million in environmental projects in 2007.

1. Wal -Mart Jake Holm Business Exploratory November 25, 2008

2. Background of Company The Founder of Wal-Mart is Sam Walton. It was founded on July 2, 1962, in Rogers, Arkansas, it started out as a Ben Franklin franchise(a big store chain in Arkansas at the time), but Sam Walton named it, “Walton’s Five and Dime”, which became Wal-Mart.

3. Facts about the company Only average pay of $8 an hour with no health care and benefit pension. It’s also the largest corporation and private employer in the world. Wal-Mart was sued 4,581 times in 2000, which is about once every 2 hours. Wal-Mart has more than 3,000 stores in the U.S

4. Logo and Slogan Wal-Mart’s Slogan is, “Save Money Live Better”

5. Mission Statement Wal-Mart’s Mission is to help people save money so they can live better. Wal-Mart’s Goal are strongly environmental: They want their stores powered with 100% renewable energy To create Zero Waste To sell products that conserve our natural resources

6. Product Line One popular line is Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless is one of the largest electronic producers in the U.S.

7. Product Line Another product line is the new “Green Works”, which is cleaning product made from natural ingredients and put in bottles made out of recycled materials.

8. Stock Information Stock Symbol-WMT Traded on-NYSE Current price- $54.25 First issued- Aug. 25th, 1972 Price when first issued-$32.50

9. Financial Information Wal-mart’s revenue was 387.69 billion dollars in 2007 Wal-mart has a makes a profit # of employees- 2,100,000 Right now it wouldn’t be a good investment at the moment because the stocks are at a high price.

10. Chief Executive Officer The CEO of Wal-mart is Lee Scott Born on March 14, 1949 He gets paid 1.4 million a year He went to college at Pittsburgh State University

11. Environmental Facts 15% of Wal-mart’s energy is from Wind Power Reduced it’s plastic bag waste by 33% Invested 500 million dollars on environmental projects in 2007 Uses Fluorescent light bulbs in their stores

12. Failure of the Company Wal-mart is known for coming into towns and ruining small businesses

13. Success of the company In the terrible economy, Wal-mart is having record sales

14. Sources www.google.com www.wikipedia.com www.walmart.com