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1. corporate.walmart.com › about › sam-waltonSam Walton - Walmart Corporate

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   Sam Walton was born in 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. In 1942, at the age of 24, he joined the military. He married Helen Robson in 1943. When his military service ended in 1945, Sam and Helen moved to Iowa and then to Newport, Arkansas. During this time, Sam gained early retail experience, eventually operating his own variety store. ...

2. www.nytimes.com › 1992/04/06 › usSam Walton Is Dead At 74; the Founder Of Wal-Mart Stores

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   Apr 6, 1992 · Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the most successful merchant of his time, died yesterday at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Hospital in Little Rock. He was 74 years ...

3. www.encyclopedia.com › people › social-sciences-and-lawSam Walton | Encyclopedia.com

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   Jun 27, 2018 · Sam Moore Walton was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, on March 29, 1918, as the oldest of two boys of Thomas and Nancy Walton. His father, a farm-mortgage banker, moved his family to his native state of Missouri, where they lived in a succession of rural communities for three years and then settled in the medium-sized university town of Colombia.

4. www.entrepreneur.com › growing-a-business › sam-walton-biographySam Walton Biography | Entrepreneur

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   Sam Walton Biography. Founder of Walmart Stores Inc. Founded: 1962 "There is only one boss-the customer.And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his ...

5. www.pbs.org › newshour › economyBiography: Sam Walton | PBS NewsHour

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   Aug 20, 2004 · Wal-Mart Legacy. When Sam Walton died in 1992 he was the richest man in America, holding 38 percent in his company now worth more than $20 billion. Sam Walton’s widow, Alice, and their four ...

6. hbswk.hbs.edu › item › sam-walton-great-from-the-startSam Walton: Great From the Start - HBS Working Knowledge

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   Jul 23, 2001 · Sam Walton's first store was a second-rate store in a second-rate town in what no one would have classified as a first-rate state. Millions, literally, of small stores failed during the course of the twentieth century in America. There were about 1.7 million retail establishments in the United States in 1945.

7. www.wikiwand.com › en › Sam_WaltonSam Walton - Wikiwand

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   Samuel Moore Walton was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in Rogers, Arkansas and Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the biggest private employer in the world. For a period of time, Walton was the richest person in ...