Sam WaltonKelsey Anglin

• Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

• He went to University of Missouri-Columbia and majored in economics.

• He worked at JC Penny until 1942 when he went into WWII.

• He bought a Ben Franklin variety store in 1945.

• He also opened a “Walton Five and Dime”.

• Then he started opening more Ben Franklin stores.

• He opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962.

Company Background

• He owned and worked for Wal-Mart.

• There are more than 6,200 stores around the world today.

• They employ more than 1.8 billion people world wide.

• He started Wal-Mart in 1962 in Arkansas.

Financial Information

• Wal-Mart’s revenue is 351.1 billion dollars.

• Their competition are stores like Kmart, Target, ShopKo, and Meijer.

• Wal-Mart’s current stock price is 42.45

Services of Wal-Mart

• They carry general merchandise products and food items.

• Many of these stores also feature a garden center, a Tire and Lube Express, pharmacy, optical center, optical center, and one-hour photo processing lab.

Sam’s Club

• Sam’s Club was opened in honor of Sam Walton and was opened on April 1983 in Oklahoma.

• You must have a membership in order to purchase any items.

• Sam’s sells produce, meat, seafood, fresh baked goods, flowers, clothing, books, software, home electronics, clothing jewelry, art, optical and furniture.

Honors and Highlights of Sam Walton

• Sam Walton began a program designed to stem the ‘tide of communism’ by promoting privatization and capitalism.

• He was in Time’s Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the 20th century.

• He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom form the president.