Resources on Sam Walton
Sam Walton became an American icon with the founding of Walmart. By bringing low prices and broad selection to small-town USA and eventually the world, Sam Walton and his chain of Walmart stores forever changed the retail landscape. Read, in everything from his own words to profiles in leading business publications, how the man who was affectionately known as “Mr. Sam” turned Walmart into the No. 1 employer in the U.S. and became, at one point, the richest man in the country.
Entrepreneur, “Sam Walton: Bargain Basement Billionaire”
Harvard Business School, “Sam Walton: Great from the Start”
Investopedia, “Sam Walton: Success Story”
Michael Bergdahl, The Sam Walton Way “50 of Mr. Sam’s Best Leadership Practices
The New York Times, “Sam Walton is Dead at 74; the Founder of Wal-Mart Stores”
Sam Walton, Sam Walton: Made in America
Vance Trimble, “Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America’s Richest Man”
Walmart, “Our History: Sam Walton”