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  "markdown": "Founder and former chairman and CEO, Best Buy.\n\nRichard M. Schulze opened Sound of Music, an electronics store in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1966, and renamed it Best Buy in 1983. He was later the company's chairman and chief executive. He had earlier worked as a consumer electronics salesman.\n\n## What Richard builds\n\n- [Best Buy Developer API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/best-buy.md), graded E, 39.4/100, in Shopping, returns \u0026 refunds. Best Buy's Developer API gives read access to the BESTBUY.COM catalogue, prices, availability, categories, US stores, recommendations and open-box listings with a free API key. Ordering through the Commerce API is invite-only for partners. Founder and former chairman and CEO, Best Buy, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Anna-Maria Bliss](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anna-maria-bliss/), Senior Product Manager, Best Buy for Business; former public API product role\n- [James Wheeler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/james-wheeler/), Co-founder, Best Buy (as Sound of Music)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Richard M. Schulze?\n\nRichard M. Schulze opened Sound of Music, an electronics store in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1966, and renamed it Best Buy in 1983. He was later the company's chairman and chief executive. He had earlier worked as a consumer electronics salesman.\n\n### What does BestBuy.com, LLC (Best Buy Co., Inc.) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Best Buy Developer API from BestBuy.com, LLC (Best Buy Co., Inc.). Best Buy's Developer API gives read access to the BESTBUY.COM catalogue, prices, availability, categories, US stores, recommendations and open-box listings with a free API key. Ordering through the Commerce API is invite-only for partners.\n\n### How are Richard's tools graded?\n\nBest Buy Developer API is graded E, 39.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Best+Buy+developer+API+team+product+manager\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabliss\n- https://corporate.bestbuy.com\n- https://x.com/BestBuy\n- https://developer.bestbuy.com/contact-us\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Buy\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Schulze\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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