Sam Walton by https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez en-us 2023-05-15 12:58:59 UTC 2026-03-20 16:53:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Sam Walton ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591300704 Founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.
Born: 3/29/1918
Died: 4/5/1982]]> 2023-05-15 13:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591300704 World's largest private employer and revenue in the world. ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591307988 First store opened in Rodgers, AK, USA 7/2/1962.  Today, Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue at $600 billion. It is also the largest privately owned employer at 2.3 million worldwide in 2022. Today, there ar 10,622 stores and clubs in 24 countries and eCommerece websites.]]> 2023-05-15 13:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591307988 ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591311688 First store opened in 1983. It's a wholesale, bulk, deep discount warehouse.]]> 2023-05-15 13:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591311688 Walton Family today. As of October 2022, they are the ranked 17th, 18th, and 19th richest people in the world. They oversee Walmart's business today. ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591326080 2023-05-15 13:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591326080 The first store Sam Walton opened in was in 1945, called Ben Franklin.These stores opened to offer small towns discount shopping, rather than traveling to big cities, during the Great Depression. By 1962 he and his brother Bud owned 16 stores in AK, MO, and KS. Later that year, Sam branched out on his own, founding Walmart 7/21/1962. ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591329723 2023-05-15 13:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591329723 Sam Walton as a young man.a ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591360549 Sam Walton was born into a farming family in Kingsfisher, OK 3/29/1918 during the Great Depression. This was a time of great economic struggles for his family and many farmers. Sam worked many odd jobs such as delivery cow's milk, newspapers, and magazines to help his family before working for a farm mortgage compny that foreclosed on farms during the Great Depression. He was also in management at JC Penny from 1940-1942 before enlisting in the military.]]> 2023-05-15 13:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591360549 Education and Military Service ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591373313 Sam Walton continued his journey by attendingthe University of Missouri, graduating in 1940 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He served in the US Army from 1942-1945 as a captain of the Military Intelligence Corps during WWII. While serving is when he decided to start his own retail business.]]> 2023-05-15 13:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591373313 Marriage and Children ronjohnsew https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591445128 Sam Walton married Helen Robson 2/14/1943. They had 4 children Robson, John, Jim, and Alice.They lived in many towns in the midwest and south including Columbia, MO, Tulsa, OK, Bentonville, AK, Little Rock, AK, just to name a few. Sam passed away April 5, 1982 in Little Rock ,AK. His son John passed away June 27, 2005. Helen died April 19, 2007. She was a philanthropist and dedicated her life to the arts. The other 3 children oversee Walmart's business today.]]> 2023-05-15 14:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ronjohnsew/oi3t0vmtambpz1ez/wish/2591445128