{"entity":"walmart","id":"ent_walmart","name":"Walmart","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/walmart/founder","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Walmart's founder on the AsOf record is Sam Walton, undated on the record, from a primary source (corporate.walmart.com) and one further source (britannica.com). The record holds 1 claim on Walmart's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_987390401B74"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_987390401B74","value":"Sam Walton","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.85,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://corporate.walmart.com/about/history","tier":"primary","publisher":"Walmart","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.britannica.com/money/Walmart","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483551","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-31","quote":"On July 2, 1962, Sam Walton opens the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas.","url":"https://corporate.walmart.com/about/history"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Walmart's current founder?","answer":"Sam Walton, undated on the record, from a primary source (corporate.walmart.com) and one further source (britannica.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85)."}],"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"}}}