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    Sam Walton. 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 the ...

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Sam Walton was an American businessman best known for founding the retail chain Walmart, which grew to be the world’s largest corporation. ... Samuel Moore Walton was born March 29, 1918, in ...

  3. Born to father Thomas Gibson Walton and mother Nancy Lee, Samuel Moore Walton grew up on a farm in Oklahoma. He began what would be a lifelong career in the retail store business in 1940, when he ...

  4. Sep 28, 2023 · Sam Walton (1918–1992) Samuel Moore Walton was founder and chairman of Walmart Inc., the world’s largest retailer. At one time, he was the richest man in the United States. Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, the first of two children to Thomas Gibson Walton, a banker, farmer, farm loan appraiser, and real estate ...

  5. Nov 17, 2023 · Here is the story of Sam Walton and the stores he loved. Beginnings. Samuel Moore Walton was born March 29, 1918, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma to his father Thomas and mother Nannia “Nancy” Walton. He was followed three years later by one brother, James, known to all as “Bud.”

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    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 the biggest ...

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  8. Jul 23, 2001 · 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, author and HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow depicts the huge success Walton made of his first store—against ...