Sam Walton

Sam Walton

Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club.

Read more about Sam Walton:  Early Life, The First Stores, A Chain of Ben Franklin Stores, The First Wal-Mart, Personal Life, Legacy

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    Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones:
    Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, “Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did;” and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
    —Izaak Walton (1593–1683)