The company is the world's third largest public corporation, according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012, the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees, and is the largest retailer in the world.
Wal-Mart remains a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family, who own a 48 percent stake in Wal-Mart. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.
Wal-Mart can be found in other countries, such as Mexico, where in 2008, the Mexican subsidiary of Wal-Mart was paying employees in store vouchers that could only be used at Wal-Mart! The supreme court of Mexico had to interfere and demanded Wal-Mart subsidiary to pay them in money and not vouchers!
