Sam Walton: Building a Walmart World | They Call Me Mr. Sam | 3

Business Movers

Wondery

History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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As Sam Walton pushes Walmart at a breakneck pace of growth, he gets a jaw dropping health diagnosis that makes him rethink his company’s future.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business movers add free on Amazon music.
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0:07.0	It's winter 1980, a 63-year-old Sam Walton grips a shotgun and walks stealthily through
0:31.8	a field of tall, brown grass on a mountain top in Northwest Arkansas.
0:36.3	By his side is his brother and business partner Bud and three hunting dogs, suddenly one
0:42.0	of the hound springs forward, flushing several quail into the air.
0:46.5	Bud doesn't raise his weapon in time, but Sam does.
0:50.8	He pulls the trigger and shoots down two birds.
0:54.1	A second dog runs forward to retrieve the kill and Sam, gray-haired but wiry, sprints
0:59.6	and catches up.
1:00.6	Good boy, good boy.
1:02.3	Nice shooting, Sam.
1:04.0	Oh, thanks.
1:05.0	But I think we've bagged about enough for today.
1:07.4	Let's head back.
1:08.8	This is out of character for Sam.
1:10.8	He usually likes to stay out hunting until the sun is gone, so Bud can tell Sam is distracted.
1:16.6	He gently asks, something on your mind, Sam.
1:19.1	Oh, yeah, the big K acquisition.
1:21.6	What about it?
1:22.6	Can't make up my mind.
1:23.6	I think I need to run the numbers again.
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