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Walmart founder Sam Walton and his wife Helen, on their wedding day, February 14, 1943. At the time, Sam was a management trainee with the J.C. Penney Company. Photo: Courtesy of Walmart
"Time 100 Builders & Titans: Sam Walton by John Huey". Time Magazine. December 7, 1998. Archived from the original on October 18, 2000 at Wayback Machine; Week Sam Walton: The King of the Discounters August 8, 2004; Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas Archived May 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine; Sam Walton at Find a Grave
In September 2024, Alice Walton had a net worth of $88.9 billion, making her the 18th-richest person and the richest woman in the world. [9] The Walton family fortune is broken down as such: Jim Walton, $95.7 billion [10] S. Robson Walton, $94 billion [11] Alice Walton, $88.9 billion [12] Lukas Walton, $33.8 billion [13] Christy Walton, $16.4 ...
Sam Walton founded Walmart in 1962 and Sam’s Club in 1983. His model was “low prices and great services,” as inspired by the dime store he once owned, according to company materials.
When Sam Walton died in 1992, he left his ownership in Wal-Mart to Helen and their four children. In 2002, as Helen Walton was the president of the Walton Family Foundation, a $300 million donation was made to the University of Arkansas, the biggest donation ever made to a public university in the United States. [ 5 ]
The Walton family is worth more than $330 billion, dwarfing Elon Musk's $237 billion fortune. They owe some of their wealth to a savvy decision by Walmart founder Sam Walton over 70 years ago.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened its first Sam's Club – named for Sam Walton – on April 7, 1983, in Midwest City, Oklahoma. [2] Tomb of James Bud Walton in Memorial Park Cemetery. Together, the Walton brothers donated $150,000 to build a new home for the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau in Columbia, Missouri.
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