Sam Walton Kelsey Anglin • Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. • He went to University of Missouri- Columbia and majored in economics. • He worked at JC Penny until 1942 when he went into WWII. • He bought a Ben Franklin variety store in 1945. • He also opened a “Walton Five and Dime”. • Then he started opening more Ben Franklin stores. • He opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962.