{"entity":"walmart","id":"ent_walmart","name":"Walmart","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/walmart/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Walmart's founding date on the AsOf record is July 2, 1962, dated July 2, 1962, from a primary source (corporate.walmart.com) and one further source (katv.com). The record holds 1 claim on Walmart's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_99F2695E0436"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_99F2695E0436","value":"1962-07-02","valid_from":"1962-07-02","valid_to":null,"published":"2025-07-03","recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.75,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://corporate.walmart.com/about/history","tier":"primary","publisher":"Walmart","published_at":null},{"url":"https://katv.com/news/local/walmarts-humble-beginnings-from-rogers-to-a-global-retail-giant","tier":"secondary","publisher":"katv.com","published_at":"2025-07-03T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483551","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Walmart's current founding date?","answer":"July 2, 1962, dated July 2, 1962, from a primary source (corporate.walmart.com) and one further source (katv.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.75)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}