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   World War II. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) 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 ...

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   • Years of service: 1942–1945

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Sam Walton was an American businessman who founded the retail chain Walmart, which grew to be the world’s largest corporation. Learn about his early years, career, achievements, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.

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   Mar 31, 2024 · Sam Walton (born March 29, 1918, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, U.S.—died April 5, 1992, Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American retail magnate who founded Walmart in 1962 and developed it, by 1990, into the largest retail sales chain in the United States. Walton graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in economics (1940) and entered a ...

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Sam Walton, the man who built Walmart from a small-town variety store to a global retail giant. Discover how he believed in service, value and innovation, and how he shaped Walmart's values and vision.

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   Nov 17, 2023 · Walmart after Sam. On April 5, 1992, Sam Walton died of bone cancer at the age of 74. According to all reports, he was tracking store results up until the day he died. Helen Robson Walton passed away fifteen years later. At the time of his death, Sam Walton and his team had built a $50 billion company starting from virtually nothing.

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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 ...

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   Who was Sam Walton?

   • Sam was a “mover and shaker” in Bentonville and had to be one of the wealthiest people in town. He, Helen, and the family lived in a beautiful home designed by the famous architect E. Fay Jones, a former apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright. Most men would have sat back and enjoyed their laurels. Not Sam Walton. He was just having too much fun.

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   How did Sam Walton die?

   • On April 5, 1992, Sam Walton died of bone cancer at the age of 74. According to all reports, he was tracking store results up until the day he died. Helen Robson Walton passed away fifteen years later. At the time of his death, Sam Walton and his team had built a $50 billion company starting from virtually nothing.

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   Is Sam Walton dead or still alive?

   • "Sam Walton Is Dead At 74; the Founder Of Wal-Mart Stores". The New York Times. Retrieved March 14, 2022. ^ Walton, Sam (1993). Sam Walton: Made in America. Bantam Books. p. 329. ISBN 0-553-56283-5. ^ Ortega, Bob. "In Sam We Trust: The Untold Story of Sam Walton and How Wal-Mart Is Devouring America". The New York Times.

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   When did Sam Walton Start Walmart?

   • Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in 1962, after years in the retail management business. The discount chain expanded internationally over the next 30 years, growing into the world’s largest company by 2010. Walton stepped down as CEO in 1988, at the age of 70, but remained active in the company until his death in 1992.

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   Jul 23, 2001 · Sam Walton: Great From the Start. by Richard S. Tedlow. Sam Walton’s retailing career began September 1, 1945, in Newport, Arkansas. He paid a princely $25,000 to Butler Brothers to franchise a 5,000-square-foot Ben Franklin’s variety store. In this excerpt from Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built ...