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. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the biggest private employer in the world.[1] For a period of time, Walton was the richest person in the United States.[2] His family has remained the richest family in the U.S. for several consecutive years, with a net worth of around US$240.6 billion as of January 2022. In 1992 at the age of 74, Walton died of blood cancer and was laid to rest at the Bentonville Cemetery in his longtime home of Bentonville, Arkansas.
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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...
January 2019, the Walton family's net worth was around US$240.6 billion. In 1987, SamWalton endowed a charitable foundation. The Walton Family Foundation...
"Bud" Walton (December 20, 1921 – March 21, 1995) was the brother of SamWalton and executive of Walmart. Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy...
SamWalton. Jim Walton was born in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, the third child of Walmart co-founder SamWalton (1918–1992) and Helen Walton (1919–2007)...
Carrie Walton Penner (born August 12, 1970) is the granddaughter of SamWalton the founder of Walmart, and the daughter of former company chairman S....
former director of Walmart. His paternal grandfather, SamWalton, was the founder of Walmart. Walton graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with...
Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949) is an American heiress to the fortune of Walmart as daughter of founder SamWalton. In September 2016, she owned...
stock from their father, Bud Walton (died 1995), who was the brother and an early business partner of Walmart founder SamWalton. She is the owner of the...
Tyler Walton (born September 19, 1986) is an American billionaire heir. He is the grandson of SamWalton, the founder of Walmart. Lukas Walton is the...
committee in the state. She was also the wife of Walmart and Sam's Club founder SamWalton. At one point in her life, she was the richest American and...
Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant; born February 8, 1949) is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of SamWalton, the founder of Walmart. In June...
in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by brothers Sam and James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and incorporated under Delaware...
in 1950 when businessman SamWalton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. The Walmart chain...
1951. She is the younger daughter of Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Walmart founder SamWalton. She grew up in Versailles, Missouri, where...
He was the father of Helen Walton and father-in-law of Walmart and Sam's Club founder SamWalton. Robson provided SamWalton with the loan to open his...
Samaritan as Sam Cleary. In 2024, he starred in the streaming series Under the Bridge. On December 21, 2023, it was announced that Walton will make his...
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Football League (NFL). He is the son-in-law of S. Robson Walton and the grandson-in-law of SamWalton, the founder of Walmart. Penner is the son of Clifford...
The Waltons is an American television series that aired for nine seasons (1972–1981) on CBS. A further six TV movies aired in the 1980s and 1990s. Below...
The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created...
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