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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.
Logo used since January 13, 2025 Sam Walton's original Walton's Five and Dime, now the Walmart Museum Visitor Center in Bentonville, Arkansas.. The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. [1]
The first Sam's Club was opened by Walmart, Inc. in 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma [306] under the name "Sam's Wholesale Club". The chain was named after its founder Sam Walton. As of October 31, 2022, Sam's Club operated 600 membership warehouse clubs and accounted for 11.3% of Walmart's revenue at $57.839 billion in fiscal year 2019.
John Thomas Walton (October 8, 1946 [1] – June 27, 2005) was an American war veteran and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was also the chairman of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton cofounded the Children's Scholarship Fund, providing tuition scholarships for disadvantaged youth.
Christy Walton took her husband John's place in the ranking after his death. The majority of the family's wealth derives from the heritage of Bud and Sam Walton, who were the co-founders of Walmart. Walmart is the world's largest retailer, one of the world's largest business enterprises in terms of annual revenue, and, with just over 2.2 ...
Walmart founder Sam Walton and his wife Helen, on their wedding day, February 14, 1943. At the time, Sam was a management trainee with the J.C. Penney Company. ... Gilles Mingasson - Getty Images.
Walton was born on May 15, 1951. [3] She is the younger daughter of Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Walmart founder Sam Walton. [4] She grew up in Versailles, Missouri, where she met future husband Bill Laurie. [5] At Bud's death, she and her sister Ann Walton Kroenke inherited a stake in Walmart that made them both billionaires ...
Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant; [1] [2] born February 8, 1949) is the widow of John T. Walton, who was one of the sons of the Walmart founder Sam Walton. In June 2005, her husband died in a homebuilt ultralight plane crash, [ 3 ] making her the main heir to his fortune of US$ 18.2 billion.