What is Sam Walton?
{{Infobox person | name = Sam Walton | image = Sam-Walton.jpg | birth_date = March 29, 1918 | birth_place = [[Kingfisher, Oklahoma]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = April 6, 1992 (aged 74) | death_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Multiple myeloma]] | occupation = [[Chairman]], [[Wal-Mart]] | website = | spouse = [[Helen Walton]]<br>(m. 1943-1992, his death) | children = [[S. Robson Walton]]<br>[[John T. Walton]] (dead)<br>[[Jim Walton]]<br>[[Alice Walton]] }} '''Samuel Moore Walton''' (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an [[Americans|American]] [[business]]man. Walton created the well-known American [[Department store|store]]s, [[Wal-Mart]] and [[Sam's Club]].<ref>{{Cite book | title = WAL-MART | url = https://archive.org/details/walmarthistoryof00vanc | last = Sandra S. Vance | first = Roy V. Scott | publisher = TWAYNE PUBLISHERS | year = 1994 | isbn = 0-8057-9833-1 | location = New York | pages = [https://archive.org/details/walmarthistoryof00vanc/page/41 41]}}</ref> Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy Lee Walton. He was part of the [[Walton family]], which is one of the richest [[family|families]] in the [[earth|world]]. Walton died on April 6, 1992. He died a [[billionaire]] but was known for driving a [[pickup truck]] instead of an expensive car.<ref>{{cite book | title = Made in America: My Story | last1 = Walton | first1 = Sam | author2 = John Huey | year = 1992 | publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] | location = New York | isbn = 0-385-42615-1 | url = https://archive.org/details/samwaltonmadeina00walt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1792 | title = Sam Walton | publisher = Butler Center for Arkansas Studies | accessdate = March 30, 2012}}</ref> He also had a military career during [[World War II|WW2]]. He had joined the [[U.S. Army Intelligence Corps]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{U