Co-founded Walmart with his brother Bud in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962 and Sam's Club in 1983; Walmart became the world's largest company by revenue and largest private employer. Died in 1992.
1 book of their own · 7 biographies about them
How Walmart grew from one Arkansas store by cutting costs and prices.
Recommended by: David Cancel, Mohnish Pabrai, Iman Gadzhi and 3 others
Sam Walton: Made in America | How Walmart grew from one Arkansas store by cutting costs and prices. | 1992 | T1 | David Cancel, Mohnish Pabrai, Iman Gadzhi and 3 others |
His as-told-to autobiography is the primary source; the independent books are corrective rather than biographical.
How Walmart grew from one Arkansas store by cutting costs and prices.
Recommended by: David Cancel, Mohnish Pabrai, Iman Gadzhi and 3 others
First major critical history by a WSJ Walmart reporter.
What Wal-Mart's scale does to its suppliers, its towns and prices everywhere.
Labor historian on Walmart as a new template for capitalism.
How Sam Walton built Wal-Mart and became America's richest man.
Edited volume on the supply chain and logistics model.
Business-press account of supplier and wage pressure.
| Sam Walton Is Dead At 74; the Founder Of Wal-Mart Stores Paywall | The New York Times | 1992 |
| Sam Walton of Wal-Mart Dies; Top U.S. Retailer Paywall | Los Angeles Times | 1992 |