Tesco is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors as it is a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TSCO. The largest shareholders include major institutional investors such as Silchester International Investors, Schroder Investment Management, BlackRock Fund Advisors, The Vanguard Group, and Norges Bank Investment Management. Tesco operates as a public limited company (PLC) and is part of the FTSE 100 Index. The company was founded by Jack Cohen in 1919 and has evolved from a family-run business into a multinational corporation with diverse shareholders.
