sam walton

     

I would pile them in a cart, I would eat them in my mart; they'd reach miles up in the air, because I am a billionaire

Trivia about sam walton

  • This founder of Wal-Mart began his retail career as a J.C. Penney management trainee
  • In 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas he opened the first "Mart" in his empire
  • This Arkansas-based businessman subtitled his 1992 autobiography "Made in America"
  • In 1962 his idea of putting big stores in small towns got zero response from the Ben Franklin retail chain
  • Seen here, he became one of the USA's wealthiest men
  • In 1945 in Newport, Arkansas, he opened his first store, a Ben Franklin variety store
  • An entrepreneur:"Bargain Billionaire"