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Sam Walton, the retailing maverick and founder of the now largest company in the world, started his career with a small investment, a small loan from his family and a lot of determination.
Walton had a dream to grow his small discount store, Wal-Mart, at a relentless pace that would increase his sales high enough that he could drive all costs out of merchandising. Walton believed that finding costs wherever they lay – in the stores, in the manufacturers’ profit margins and with the middleman – and eliminating them, he could drive the prices of his goods down and make Wal-Mart a competitive force in discounting (Huey, par.4).
Walton, through his vision, determination, ability to motivate people and to build a culture within his organization in line with his ideals, has secured himself a title of one of the greatest business leaders of all time.
SAM: THE MAN
Samuel Moore Walton was born March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He later moved to Missouri where he......

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