Sam Walton's Made In America

Made in America is a book about the life story of Sam Walton, who was the founder of Wal-Mart, and the story of how Sam Walton was able to grow his little retail stores into one of the most successful and largest corporations in the world today. Walton describes his early life and how he grew up on a farm. Walton described himself as being “ambitious” as child and always driven to be successful (Walton 11). He was a boyscout, a good student, and involved himself in all kinds of sports. At a young age he also learned the valley of the dollar when he sold magazines and got up early every morning to complete his paper route. In highschool he was “voted most versatile boy” (Walton 13). Later in college his outgoing personality could also be seen

Walton was smart about the way he grew his business. Instead of trying to expand all over the country he chose to “saturate a market area, then fill it in” (Walton 110). By not expanding too large too fast, Walton was able to grow his company and control areas of the market, but would still be able to effectively distribute all of his goods to stores due to the close proximity of each one. He made sure that his policies of famous low prices and always putting the customer first remained in tact. All throughout his journey and success Walton still made it a priority to spend time with his family. He even made each one of his children partners in the company, who still own lots of stock today. Although Walmart started out small, Walton’s drive, morals, and creative discount methods and good ideas allowed it to grow into the huge company everyone knows today. Walmart’s profits are so large that at one point Sam Walton was one of the richest men in the entire world, but that didn't go to his head one bit. He is a simple guy that has always been modest in the way he lives. He still drove an old pickup truck with his dogs in the back and loved to hunt and be