Walmart Pharmacy is operated under Walmart, a multinational retail company that is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The corporation was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton and was incorporated in the year 1969. Walmart boasts 11,573 retail stores and clubs in 28 countries with a sales value of $478,614 billion. The pharmacy section of Walmart came about in 1977 when they decided to branch out into new markets, one of them being the addition of a pharmacy. There are 3,646 active Walmart Pharmacies in the United States as of today with a total of 6,358 pharmacists employed.