Sam Walton

Samuel ( Sam ) Moore Walton ( born March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, † April 5, 1992 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American entrepreneur. He founded and directed the largest, internationally active U.S. supermarket chain Wal -Mart.

The ranking of Fortune Global 500, according to Wal- Mart was in the year 2007, the top-selling companies in the world, just ahead of ExxonMobil. Walton's heirs, including his wife Helen Robson Walton, John T. Walton his sons, Samuel Robson Walton and Jim C. Walton and his daughter Alice Walton belong, or belonged to the richest man in general (see The World's Billionaires (Forbes Magazine) ). Together, the Waltons with over 90 billion U.S. dollars by far the richest family in the world (as of 2005).

Personality

Sam Walton was after descriptions of contemporaries who got to know him personally, an exceptionally down to earth, sociable and friendly person. He flew as a billionaire with a Cessna propeller plane to its stores and surprised reporters who (temporarily) wanted to see the richest man in the world, with his old pickup truck. Though he was not particularly interested in politics, he supported Republican politicians with money.

Skills as an entrepreneur

Sam Walton put his entrepreneurial experience in his book " Sam Walton: Made in America" ​​Represents the book is regarded as one of the best works of the international management literature. He himself summed up his management insights as follows: