Sam Walton
- he was very successful because he sold things cheaper- his dad evicted people from farms
- sold milk from there cows after football practice
- as a young adult he decided he was not going to work for anybody
- didnt pass the physics to be in the army
- began retailing at jc penny
- jc penny taught him some skills
- he was always close with his brother
- 18 wal marts he opened
- 1970 he had 32 stores and opened a new company headquarters
- he refused to spend money
- he was heavily in debt of 2 million dollars that he was responsible for
- black monday he lost 1.5 billion dollars
- he decided to send 180 students to christian school
- April 4th 1992 just after his 75 b-day
summary
Sam Walton came from a wealthy. his dad evicted people from farms and sam walton came along and watched his dad. sam was very close with his brother, his brother made it into the army but sam did not same wanted to attend the army but did not pass physical inspection test. his mentor was his brother he looked up to his brother bud and valued his thoughts. He used his energy towards other things he wanted to make money. He got involved with wal mart and brought them to another level and opened up a bunch of walmarts and a new headquarters. in 1970 he had 32 store and a headquarters. his dad and his dads job really motivated him when his dad evicted people from farms sam saw them go from so much to nothing that motivated him to not be like those people and to work for himself he decided he would not have a boss and work for himself at a young age.
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