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Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma to Thomas Gibson Walton, a farmer, and Nancy Lee Walton
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Worked in the du-pont company
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Walton worked at the DuPont munitions plant awaiting his call to duty. It was in this plant that he met Helen Robson, his future wife. They met in April of 1942 and married in February of 1943
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In 1962 the first of the Wal-Mart stores opened its doors in Rogers, Arkansas
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Walmart was founded in 1962, with the opening of the first Walmart discount store in Rogers, Ark. The company incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., on Oct. 31, 1969.
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Sam Walton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George Bush, the highest honor the country bestows on its private citizens.
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Walton passed away on April 6, 1992 and left his business to his wife and children who became the primary shareholders of the company. He died of cancer.
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He graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1940 with a B.A. in economics.
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1998 saw Sam Walton move into Time Magazines top 100 most influential people of the 20^th Century
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· 2004 saw 1.5 million people working for the Wal-Mart Corporation
