Sam Walton (1918-1992)沃尔玛创始人的故事.pptVIP

As a boy He attended Hickman High School in Columbia there he played basketball and football. He wasnt the most smartest person at school but he was determined to do good so with hard work and lots of studying he became an honors student. Besides being athletic and smart he was also a political figure at school, too. He severed as Vice- President of his Junior Class and President of the Student Body his senior year. Dont think this is all Sam did though, he also had to help support his family, along with his father and brother because money was lacking due to the depression. Hard life of Sam At the University of Missouri Sam majored in Economics. He could not really afford to attend school so he worked extra hard to get the money. Sam waited tables in exchange for meals, lifeguarded at the school pool, and also delivered newspapers. Sam’s family While working and living near Tulsa, Sam met his future wife Helen Robson. She lived in a little town called Claremore where she attended Claremore High School and graduated valedictorian of her class and went on to attend college at the University of Oklahoma at Norman and graduated with a degree in business. They met in April of 1942 and were married on February 14, 1943. In 1944 they had their first son, Samuel Robson (Rob) First store Sam wanted to own his own department store. This dream came a reality in the fall of 1945 when he purchased a store in Newport with the help of his father-in-law. Sam borrowed $20,000.00 from his father-in-law and had $5,000 saved from the military.  After hard working His first store was such a success He decided to start a second store in Fayetteville, located about 20 mile south of Bentonville. This was also named Walton Walton knew though he needed a qualified manager to run the store so it would be as successful as his other store. So, he said, I did something I would do for the rest of my run in the retail business without any shame or embarrassment whatsoev