Sam Walton

Founder of Wal-Mart · (1918 - 1992)

• || Achievement

• Founded, Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, and a leader in discount retailing.

• || Achievements made possible by
• Sheer determination and relentless drive to succeed took him from being a poor small town boy to the richest man in the world. Father in law, a prosperous banker and rancher, helped him start first store. Creative thinking. Contrary to the thinking of his day, he believed that small rural towns could support a large discount store, and Wal-Mart was started in these rural towns.
• || Education
• He was the starting quarterback for his high school football team and led them to the state title in 1935. Sam majored in Economics at the University of Missouri.
• || Married
• He met Helen Robson in April of 1942 and married her on February 14, 1943.