Samuel more Walton
John Agbatekwe
September 10, 2015
Humanity/ 102
Professor Sherna Armstrong

Sam Walton a 20th century genius
Sam Walton, one of the most brilliant and successful businessmen in history, he was the founder and former CEO of one the largest retail business company in the world today. Sam Walton is the definition of success and he proved it by opening the largest retail business in the world. He transformed the way people shop in the United States of America and around the world. He brought in a great change in the tactic of business. In 1945 when he bought his first Wal-Mart store from the Butler brother, the store was only making $72000 a year. But shortly after he took over the store, he turned it into a $250,000 yearly store. Sam Walton is the epitome of success and as of today he is worth over 149 billion dollars (Samuel M Walton 1992).
Samuel Walton’s early life
Samuel was borne born on March 29, 1918 at Kingfisher, Oklahoma to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy “Nannie” Lee. Samuel, his brother (James) and his parent lived in kingfisher, Oklahoma until 1923, when they moved to chesterfield Missouri, where his father worked as a mortgage man. Samuels’s family moved around a lot from one small to another. When Samuel was in eighth grade at Shelbina, he became the youngest Eagle Scout in the state history and shortly became a recipient of the distinguished Eagle Scout award from the boy’s Scout of America. Samuel’s parents did not have money growing up, as a matter of fact; they had difficulties putting food on their table. So in other to help his family meet their financial requirement, Samuel had to help his family in any ways he can. He ran various errands for his parents; he milked his family’s cow and delivered the excess to their customers. He also delivered newspapers and sold magazines subscriptions. When he graduated high school,