Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. Formerly Sound of Music (1966–1983) Best Buy Co. Superstores (1983–1984) Best Buy Superstores (1984–1989) Type Public Traded as NYSE: BBY S&P 500 Component Industry Retail Founded August 22, 1966 ; 52 years ago ( 1966-08-22 ) in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. Founder Richard M. Schulze Headquarters Richfield, Minnesota United States Number of locations 1,008 (FY February 3, 2018) Areas served United States Canada Mexico Key people Hubert Joly (Chairman & CEO) Corie Barry (CFO) Mathew R. Watson (Senior VP & Controller) Products Consumer electronics Revenue US$42.15 billion (FY February 3, 2018) Operating income US$1.84 billion (FY February 3, 2018) Net income US$1.00 billion (FY February 3, 2018) Total assets US$13.05 billion (FY February 3, 2018) Total equity US$3.61 billion (FY February 3, 2018) Number o