Gap Inc. was founded in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher in San Francisco, California, with a single store and a handful of employees. Today, we're one of the world's largest specialty retailers with three of the most recognized and respected brands in the apparel industry — Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy. Gap Inc. has approximately 165,000 employees supporting more than 4,200 stores in nearly 3,100 locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Germany.