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Sam Walton, an iconic American businessman, and the founder of Walmart. Born on March 29, 1918, in Oklahoma, he passed away on April 5, 1992. Walton, with his unique business philosophy and management style, transformed a small discount store into the world's largest retail chain.

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Famous Sam Walton Quotes

“"Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was...just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But...it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945]...And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making."”

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“I've owned about 18 airplanes over the years, and I've never bought one of them new.”

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“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you're headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long.”

“I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store for very long.”

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“I learned a lesson which has stuck with me all through the years: you can learn from everybody. I didn't just learn from reading every retail publication I could get my hands on, I probably learned the most from studying what John Dunham was doing across the street”

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Book:Sam Walton: Made In America

Source: Sam Walton: Made In America

About the Author

Born: March 29, 1918
Died: April 5, 1992
Known for: Businessman
Quotes: 90

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