
	The&nbsp;Best Buy Company, Inc.&nbsp;is an American&nbsp;multinational&nbsp;consumer electronics&nbsp;corporation headquartered in&nbsp;Richfield,&nbsp;Minnesota. It also operates in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and China.&nbsp;The company was founded by&nbsp;Richard M. Schulze&nbsp;and Gary Smoliak in 1966 as an audio specialty store; in 1983, it was renamed and rebranded with more emphasis placed on consumer electronics.

	Best Buy&#39;s subsidiaries include&nbsp;CinemaNow,&nbsp;Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video,&nbsp;Pacific Sales, Cowboom, and in Canada operates under both the Best Buy and&nbsp;Future Shop&nbsp;labels. Together, they operate over 1,150 stores in addition to over 100 Best Buy Express&nbsp;automated retail&nbsp;stores or &quot;ZoomShops&quot;, operated by&nbsp;Zoom Systems, in airports and malls around the U.S.
