Inside the Walmart Family Mansion: Sam Walton's House

Uncover the surprisingly humble home of the man behind the world’s largest retail empire. From his early days in the Great Depression to building a business that changed the way America shops, Sam Walton remained grounded-even as he became the richest man in America.
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[@clairwaucaush7225]

Walmart was much better when Sam was alive. I remember him touting most of his products were made in the USA. American flags were often in his TV ads, along with himself. After he died the suits took over and most of their products came from CHINA, at a much lower cost. And a MUCH higher profit. They have put out of business a LOT of smaller places and even American factories.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

They helped build China to what it is today. I have no love for Walmart.

[@jeanmariehovancik3298]

I used to drive a truck and he was supposed to be friendly with the company owner I drove for. If he saw us around the area( Roger's, springdale bentonville etc) eating a meal he would pay for our meals. You are right the kids are not worth a dime. He was always down to earth. Such a shame.

[@RG-xi3rd]

Yes, the Walmart brand has virtually eliminated Mom and Pop small businesses.

[@warrenwinslow4266]

Ugly house

[@KuyaArbee]

its not even the fact made in China... it's the FACT they didn't GIVE TWO SH*TS about employees... and the working class was treated like DIRT and the TOP DOGS kept massive profits... and keeping their LUXURY life styles

[@opathe2nd973]

I remember Helen coming into the store and checking out the ladies room. It had better been clean! He dies and his concept of treating everyone like he wanted to be treated died with him. Good video!!

[@Louies_garage361]

So what i think happened is he died and his grandchildren took over and they don't have the heart that gramps had

[@jhash9554]

Too bad the current Family members don’t live by the same philosophy as Sam!

[@Mac10Daddy]

Facts. I was born and grew up in Bentonville. Sam and Helen were great people

[@davidnok2002]

And you if you was born a Walton would live in a trailer park….?

[@Mac10Daddy]

@@davidnok2002 Why would anyone live in a trailer park if you have enough money not to? Walton or not. Serious question?

[@briangleason5597]

AMEN

[@GD15555]

because they didn't earn it. They inherited it

[@nataliehuff8201]

I worked for them for 5 yrs. and Sam is probably rolling in his grave right now. Employees are no longer treated well.

[@edinarobinson5086]

I also worked for Wal-Mart in the late 80s - early 90s. I went through their management trainee program while finishing up my bachelor's degree. I actually met Sam Walton when he came to one of the stores that I was an Assistant Manager in. He was very kind and appreciated my work managing the upfront cashiers. He complimented me on my smile. I agree that he is most likely not too happy with the way things are ran in his stores now. I do not shop in Wal-Mart now because I see how much they have gone downhill.

[@LA_Mom_2023]

Neither are the customers...

[@RH-cv1rg]

@@LA_Mom_2023 Sam Walton retired in 1988 and Walmart sales were $15 billion and net income was $.6 billion or 3.9%. Now (2023) sales are $611 Billion and net income was $11.7 billion or 1.9%. Explain, if customers aren't happy, why sales increased 40 fold since Sam Walton left? Maybe it is because Walmart is keeping less profit for the corporation and sharing more of the profit with the customer. Profits are down 50%. Customers must see a better deal and flock to Walmart.

[@LA_Mom_2023]

@RH-cv1rg All I know is the WalMarts in NW Louisiana are down right nasty and customer service is pooh...

[@RH-cv1rg]

@@LA_Mom_2023 Then they should go broke. How long have they been there? Are they broke yet?

[@PaulaWadleigh]

I worked for Walmart in Hot Springs AR when there were only 350 stores. He and his wife bussed all the employed our families to his home on Bentonville for a cook out…because our store was number one for the third year on a row. What a house to see in person. The Waltons were very sweet and normal, down to earth, impressive.

[@amybahner6511]

Was it the Central or Albert Pike store? I know the Hot Springs Village store took the lead after it was opened.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Walmart was pretty new to our area in the early 1990s, knew somebody who got a job there. As soon as Sam Walton died he noticed all of the American-made goods were getting replaced with imported stuff. When he asked the manager about it, he was simply told "we're in the business of making money". He quit the job shortly afterwards. Walmart has done more to cause the closing of American factories than pretty much any other factor of our society, and for that reason I'll never shop there.

[@MsKatyDidKnot]

We called it 'Direct from China' some years ago. It's done a lot of damage to people in at least 24 countries around the world. I've been there less than 5 times in my life and only b/c I was with somebody who was going there.

[@mikescully6972]

@@chrisfreemesser5707 back in the late 90s I intended to boycott china, I went to Walmart hoping to find a pair of work shoes made in America and was willing to pay $50 extra or more for em’, and every pair of shoes were made in china, except one pair, in which I got, but they were made in Thailand , America first died with Sam

[@VernaCunningham-sz9uz]

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!!

[@cherther13]

@@chrisfreemesser5707 I agree and have heard many people say this and they do shop elsewhere. Sad for what could be the best for families and the Good Life, like it used to be when I was growing up. Our country now depends on on most of it’s food from overseas Less farmers and so dependent for a country like ours to get to this point 🤦‍♀️

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

@@cherther13 I wouldn't say we rely on overseas food to the extent we now rely on overseas manufacturing. There's plenty of farming going on in the US, but it's being done by a handful of large agro-businesses now instead of the multitude of smaller family-owned farms we had in the past

[@JohnOBryan]

I worked at WalMart when I was a teenager back in the late 80's. Sam was someone every employee looked up to and respected. So down to earth and made his employees and customers #1. He never forgot that.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton made billions of dollars off you fools working for chicken shit money

[@Louies_garage361]

Looking at the new Walmart high high prices he must had a change of heart

[@kansasscout4322]

I worked for walmart for a few months and this is true. Very nicer place in 1973

[@RosePolacek]

My late daughter worked for Wal-Mart after Sam Walton passed away. It was very evident that the business was no longer the corporation that Sam Walton had established. Just ask the older former employees who worked before Sam Walton passed away.

[@mikenixon2401]

Mr. Sam was a fine man. His greedy kids grew the company and intentionally shut down local competition in small towns to establish a monopoly. Then by reputation they moved into suburban America. They sell with the clams of being patriotic and buy products from China for consumers. Don't even get me started on how they treat employees. I have not shopped there in years. I would rather pay a dollar more and support local retail. Sorry Ken. You gave a good report, but I am prejudiced by knowing behind the scenes corporate greed involved here.

[@ThisHouse]

I try to keep my own opinions out of these videos as much as possible, however, what you've written most closely mirrors my own thoughts. -Ken

[@mk1gti]

@@ThisHouse Just a thought going forward, perhaps spend less time on the history of the owners if they are as controversial as the Walton family and spend more time on the architecture. Just a thought. I had to fast forward through the history part of this, mostly because I'm far too familiar with it. Have shopped at a Walmart maybe three times in my life and that was with regret due to no other choice in the area. Thankfully at least I was passing through, not living in those dystopian hellscapes.

[@ght33]

You are absolutely correct and I too will not shop at a Walmart. The house was an amazing and it is clear were the Architect learned their craft. First look I was thinking it was one of his that I had not heard of. This brings me to a question of what was in the style of Wright and what was unique to this Architect? Makes me ask t what famous buildings were also built by his students.

[@laurielaurie8280]

That is so true. His kids didn't have the same integrity as their father or appreciate his vision. It became a cash cow for them.

[@mikenixon2401]

@@ThisHouse perfectly responsible on your part, Ken. Just a deep wound in Americana. I noticed a suggestion about self-made-folks that live humbly. A perfect example you may want to research is Warren Buffet up in Omaha, Neb. He has lived in the same house for I think 50 years. No need to flaunt. Nice basic house, but still worth a view that I think many of your viewers would appreciate as kind of a "make up" for this episode. My apologies for unintentionally starting a passionate fight. You have already heard my non-impressed opinion on FLW architecture. I still enjoy your backstories. Keep up the good work.

[@rotryguy1]

That house is drowning in Frank Loydd Wright influence. Outstanding.

[@shawnkelley3695]

....US 51 Illinois, Du Quoin Bucky's Geological house. Google

[@LuxStrangelove]

​@@shawnkelley3695What is that?

[@LuxStrangelove]

That's because Frank Lloyd was the mentor of the famed Euine Fay Jones, who did it.

[@sharonhunter4782]

I love seeing FLW work. We took the FLW house and university buildings. I can spot a FLW house, building, structure. I love this kind of history

[@bigjermboktown6976]

I find nothing more fascinating and inviting than an old house that hasn't changed much. I still love the old look of the 70s and 80s and it's my dream to find a older house like that

[@silverstem2964]

@@bigjermboktown6976 70s and 80s? That's hardly old unless you mean 1800s. Even that's not so old.

[@cherther13]

@@silverstem2964 lol

[@ValRapt121]

Time capsules, fascinating

[@SharonYingling]

They just pretended that was their home. I went there to meetings & that was just like a “summer” home. It wasn’t their main home. When he died we most a lot of our benefits. They called us associates because I were given some of the profits. They called it profit sharing. They took that away about 10 yrs ago so they’re not “associates “ anymore just employees. And the home office thinks we’re a dime a dozen. They had an open door policy but that gone too. Their insurance sucks & they prefer to have part time employees cause they don’t have to give them benefits. Just before I quit in 2009 they started getting rid of those that had 20 or more yrs with the company. They’re no better than any other country now if not one of the worse to work for.

[@truckinfam2207]

My uncle had coffee with him every day in a small diner by the Arkansas/Oklahoma line.

[@51-FS]

Fred's?

[@truckinfam2207]

@ is that anywhere around Lake Taliaquah ? I lived in Ohio then we would pass through to California on Truck’in runs.

[@allan9603]

My grandmother lived in Rogers, Arkansas in the 50s and 60s, and knew Sam quite well. She had nothing but good things to say about Sam, and in 1973 while working at Sam's favorite restaurant, Fred's Hickory Inn in Bentonville, I finally got to meet Sam Walton as he always asked for me to be his bus boy. Of course it was some 30 years later that I finally realized that man in the restaurant was the man my grandmother talked about, Sam Walton. Sadly due to military service, I never saw him again, but to be reminded of his kind nature I would pull out my one dollar Silver Certificate, with hand writing on it that read "To my favorite bus boy, Allan"

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Wall GREED

[@phug0id]

unfortunately things have changed in NWA. even Fred’s Hickory Inn has been bought out by a local restaurant group, and the menu has changed.

[@allan9603]

@phug0id Yes I saw that. The whole area is now a cluster F___ Don't think Sam would have liked how things have changed for both NW Arkansas, and Wal-Mart. Especially how his stores have gone from a nice place to shop, to a dog-eat-dog metropolis of greed, mismanagement and hostile takeovers. Shameful!

[@droe1021]

No she didn’t.

[@Ben-bb7mi]

@@phug0id It's now The Table at Hickory Inn, but the food is still good. I know that the ownership group behind the Table restaurants is always polarizing.

[@silverstem2964]

Walmart NEVER FAILS to disappoint. Your go-to place for a sweatpants fashion show and lame customer service!

[@BeauQuillen]

I lost my virginity in a Walmart bathroom.

[@Rican-American]

You people are always worried about what other people are wearing. This world would be much better off if everyone minded their own business. 😂

[@sharonbradley1396]

I ❤ sweatpants¡

[@FritzSmith-h4g]

@silverstem2964: "lame customer service". for lame idiots for you making up lies. Walmart has the best customer service of most of the retail stores I shop at.

[@cjhoward409]

I think it depends on what Walmart in what town. Our local Walmart I never see that. And the customer service is decent. Store and bathrooms are clean.

[@JupiterSkie]

I am not fancy! I love his house. Don’t know if someone that wealthy could live there today it’s crazy. Young man that knew the value of hard work!

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton didn't work. His employees did

[@drm2364]

You don't think he worked? Seems to me that he worked very hard building his business.​@@gregorylyon1004

[@cjhoward409]

@@gregorylyon1004 You didn’t watch the video did you ?

[@GreatDataVideos]

We live in a rural area in NC and our neighbor worked at a local Wal-Mart. Sam would visit on occasion and would talk to the employees. I think that he even remembered her name. I used to work at Sears in the 70's. Occasionally, the big shots would come in for an inspection and the bosses would get on us to have everything perfect. One time, they just walked up the main isle and then went out to play golf. I don't recall ever hearing of anyone other than upper management talking to them. Big difference.

[@ArkHillbilly]

I grew up in Newport. It’s a small farming community and closed down factories. Northwest Arkansas has a booming economy and companies from all over with their headquarters there. The power of decisions made years ago live on.

[@kencurtis2403]

My grandma knew and was friendly with his wife. Nice lady!

[@Julia-zj2ch]

This house is very, very beautiful!!

[@markfrye9178]

That house is beautiful! I could easily live there.

[@cjhoward409]

It burned

[@lynngoing508]

We live a short distance from Bentonville - Walmart is the life link in rural Arkansas. I do LOVE Frank Lloyd Wright style homes.

[@fredburban8219]

Fay Jones was an Architect who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright and became the Chair of the University of Arkansas School Architecture. Many of his buildings in the area, including at least 3 of his famous church design

[@lucasrem]

Frank Lloyd Wright, true, i grew up in a house, nature in the livingsroom continuering in the legacy cascaded garden.

[@MCJ-jt7hq]

This man is great role model!

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Wall GREED

[@drm2364]

​@gregorylyon1004 still hating huh?

[@youMatterItDoesGetBetter]

Sam Walton used to help out at the stores when he came to visit. Unloaded trucks, etc. A true American man before his kids gutted everything for profit.

[@heathermiskell6]

That's so sad....hate what greed does to a person....

[@razorwired130]

His kids "gutted" Walmart - nonsense!

[@albert71292]

Worked for the local Walmart several years ago, until I came down with a bad case of the flu. Took a couple weeks off at the advice of my doctor. Even with the doctor note, they fired me for "taking too much time off". I've refused to set foot or buy from them since then. Louisiana lets employers fire for whatever reason.

[@geanettepartington691]

Oklahoma does too.

[@VernaCunningham-sz9uz]

SO DOES OKLAHOMA!!!!

[@JupiterSkie]

That today is std operating procedure for Wal Marts new younger owners.

[@VernaCunningham-sz9uz]

@@Regina-cm8ik They're something!

[@AndrewRusherLDS]

You could have likely sued

[@JumperSig]

When Sam Walton passed, his family took advantage of that and changed it.

[@sheliapearce469]

They don’t own it anymore. They have a percentage, but not the majority. Have you noticed the way that they’re redoing the stores it looks just like target now. Sam Walton is turning in his grave..

[@briangleason5597]

1 Million percent true.

[@ScottKew-g8r]

My dearly departed friend Bart Shackelford who was the president of PG & E had a very similar single level ranch style house. He raised his family there. Great men do not require Great Big Houses.

[@DAViDD767]

Until the kids took over, now we see where they got most from, their mom, smh, only if Sam knew, he would not have left them one dime.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Well he wasn't going to donate his billions of dollars

[@JohnBrown-cn2qz]

Very cool looking house. It is very Frank Lloyd Wrightesque.

[@freedomforever6718]

A beautiful modest home.

[@jimmycline4778]

I met Sam Walton when I was 18,,,I was at my high school friends house ,his dad was a truck driver for Wall Mart Sam Walton came to visit his dad ,he drove a 63 Chevy pickup wearing overalls ! This was in 1985!

[@billwilliams9527]

Raised during the great depression, I lived humbly, I still do.

[@ErickaLDC]

Another favorite!!! Loving your videos! ❤

[@janemarriott3389]

Father- enforcing farm foreclosures- figures

[@JetSkiSuper7]

Exactly. I can’t imagine being that sh1tbag.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton learned early on how to be a snake in business from his Dad

[@drm2364]

​@@gregorylyon1004spreading more lies.

[@Sassysouthrnbelle]

The first Walmart in my town was a small store that was closed on Sunday. They didn’t carry groceries but I recall they had a great lay away program and opened one night a year until midnight for Christmas shoppers. This was before 24 hour stores and online shopping, so we thought it was great!

[@StamperWendy]

I like the floor to ceiling glass & the plants, bringing the outside in. Interesting! Thanks, Ken!

[@ryankelly5426]

Common theme throughout most of Jones homes. It works phenomenally too.

[@ponchotran9004]

I lived in Bay Area of California. I recall when Walmart started showing up in my area (around 1990s). I also recall their paper ads featuring regular employees and family of employees as models for the products. His house looks very cozy - I would prefer it over a glamourous mansion any day. Though I think the artificial lake presents up keep challenges.

[@marinedrive5484]

I once owned a mid-century modern house and one of the things I remember about it is not having to buy a lot of furniture for it as so much of the furniture was built-in. Sam Walton was certainly a lot more grounded than his heirs.

[@Jacqueline-yg8zb]

Walmart was good until Sam Walton died. His children made it about money

[@smf2072]

Or was it Wallstreet....

[@gregorylyon1004]

So did Sam Walton. How many stores did he build in his lifetime??? Tens of thousands. So he was a greed monger as well

[@mauriciogiraldo8614]

History of Target is a must !

[@Baralis]

My father who was hunting buddies with some of Walmart's executives in the early 1980s told me stories about Sam Walton according to them. One of his executive friends had purchased a new home and a new RV. Sam apparently told him you have to sell one or the other. We cannot flaunt our wealth or people will get the wrong impression and we will no longer be seen as for the little guy.

[@stephaniemize321]

This is true of Sam Walton.

[@robertanderson5334]

Too bad his daughter is nothing like Sam. Her millions spent on her art collection as the WalMart employees struggle to support their families. The money never filters down. No conscience whatsoever.

[@fredburban8219]

​@@robertanderson5334 Alice Walton has purchased all of that fine art with "Her Money" and shows it to the public for FREE at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, Arkansas. The Art is not hidden in a private collection like many people do.

[@davidnok2002]

@@robertanderson5334 greed is a horrible thing……

[@Ben-bb7mi]

Let's just say there is a reason that Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers doesn't develop until after Sam passed.

[@skyhigh6]

I knew Sam personally, he was a great person, I've been to his home as a guest.

[@annarowden9457]

I love mid century houses.

[@BibleBarbieRacquel-ub3yf]

Yes I've always wondered about more on Sam Walton besides the bit of what I believe I know on that he was a Christian mam he grew up going to church believe in God which is Awsome and totally explains the relationship he has had with the Father creator of all fir being blessed with the knowledge to build such a successful business what a great Impact all I can say is wow.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton was never a God fearing man. How many stores is enough to build ?? That man never stopped building. He walked away from God and became Greedy

[@davidbrims5825]

Walmart is like a nuclear bomb on small towns, all those little independent shops destroyed to be replaced by a giant bland warehouse, depressing.

[@sierrapeaks]

Its a savior to small towns, nobody can afford your fancy boutique shops

[@davidbrims5825]

@@sierrapeaks ‘’ Better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.’’

[@sierrapeaks]

@@davidbrims5825 Walmart has $635.50 billion examples of me being correct. People in small towns need Walmart

[@kathycandelaria2115]

The kids have ruined everything

[@hermancm]

Sure am glad there’s a Walmart close to our small town where we can get food and goods for a reasonable price.

[@carlrowe3507]

This house does remind me of the architect frank Lloyd Wrights builds especially the waterfall beneath the house at that one end . Sam was a great man and I'm glad I can shop for anything I need for myself and house in one of his stores .

[@jppurves7837]

So after the fire, what did the replacement house look like?

[@seniorDAS]

10 min video, 4 min talking about the house, disappointing video if you ask me

[@bgreyno1]

About the same, they just changed up the layout of the bedrooms mostly because the kids had all moved out by than.

[@pigoff123]

My mother in law was invited to his house several times. She said he was a really nice man.😊

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton robbed America and put a lot of small town mom and pop business out of business.

[@cindyvigil9133]

If I were rich I think I would just want to live humble because you learn to appreciate what you have

[@polkcraig4485]

We use to play in that creek as a kids and go canoe in his pond. Helen would come out and hand us a coke over the railing.

[@jerryw4471]

Went to the Walton Family Museum several years ago. I knew Alice Walton lived in Texas at one time. She was one of the richest ladies in the world! In 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in Millsap, Texas, named Walton's Rocking W Ranch. An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion cutters. Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. She moved back to Bentonville in 2020.

[@Leawoody]

His ruthless crushing of small town family owned businesses and downtowns remains unfortunate. He did nothing to give anything back philanthropically to the communities he vandalized.

[@BeauQuillen]

Don't fuck with Walmart...

[@EdwardEspinoza-uf1mv]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@BeauQuillenLOL Do you shop at Walmart??

[@BeauQuillen]

@@EdwardEspinoza-uf1mv I steal condoms and plain B pills from Walmart.

[@Dookie6891]

Walmart allowed me and my less-than well-to-do family, along with other struggling families live in relative peace of mind knowing they have options. What's your real problem?

[@richardgray8593]

@@Dookie6891 Commies gotta bitch. It's what they do.

[@richardbicycle5262]

say what you want about walmart, but I can't find a 2.5lb bag of frozen wild blueberries for $8 ANYWHERE else. But yes they are destroying small town America a little bit...I wish I had the money to always buy local, I'd do it in a heartbeat instead.

[@phyl1283]

Time passes. Things change. Get used to it.

[@richardbicycle5262]

@@phyl1283 what an odd response, are you a robot?

[@brendangibbons6094]

I wander if ol sam would have spent all that money on the Denver broncos????

[@Laura-i2r9r]

WalMart is big in Canada where I live born and raised v. Walmart came to Canada in 1994 and was a Smash success here . There are stores across Canada now and it has grown exponentially here. Target stores attempted to have stores here but failed after only a couple of years they shuttered them as they couldn’t compete with Walmart success which they were hoping to replicate . Thanks Ken for the insight into WalMart’s Founder Sam Walton . ❤😊

[@gregorylyon1004]

Walmart is all greed for Sam's kids

[@suncrazy64]

Bewitched and I dream of Jeannie. Like to see more. You always do such a great job

[@notthatronjohnson1187]

Walmart has put literally thousands of mom and pop stores out of business. Don't care how cheap they are I have not set foot in one in many years.

[@gregorylyon1004]

I agree. Sam Walton and his entire family are all snakes. GREED mongers

[@stevemiller7949]

The erosion of mom and pop retail worldwide is a bad thing, very bad. Fay Jones was a great architect, and the Walton house is probably his greatest work, in my opinion.❤❤😊😊

[@joegotz1971]

Fay Jones was dean of the school of Architecture at the University of Arkansas when I was there. Fay was a really great guy.

[@ryankelly5426]

Fay designed many great homes. This is merely one of them. I've had the great fortune to work on a few Fay Jones properties, as well as one from a contemporary of his, Ernie Jacks. Fascinating and beautiful homes. It's fun to see the differences between the two architects too. Jacks house was significantly more difficult to work on/modify. We have continued working on one of them even recently. Funnily enough it's owned by another billionaire family. That's about all I can say about that one.

[@lissa4306]

Walmart stop "price gouging Americans" on food & basic needs! 💙

[@bobbbobb4663]

What and/or how exactly is Walmart price gouging? Their prices are in line with other competitors.

[@thekid1597]

?

[@dimitriwimbley4126]

1st time watching. Good story..

[@snart20]

This is my dream home!

[@oldhandyluke]

I bought my little house a year ago at 20. It was being sold as a teardown due to structural damage from termites and had very little updates over 98 years. I am rebuilding this house from the ground up with my own hands keeping as many original features as I can. I cannot imagine selling this place. The house turns 100 in 2025.

[@dogisluvdogluvs8572]

He lived very modestly except for his four planes at two million each and that was before he died. Today these would be a price four million or more each. He had a pilots license for two engine planes. He had a pr team pushing his frugal life style. His kids are worth over 200 billion the poorest only 39 billion worth. He built a high school for the city with 3000 seat auditorium yet school only had 700 students. A great tax, Wright off. He used it for company meetings. They are very cheap in supporting charity organizations one of the very lowest per networth.

[@CaroleFunkhouser]

So right. I worked back in 1987 for Walmart Mr Walton was a very good man so was his brother.

[@Angelica71771]

That house was beautiful. I would be very happy there:) Can't get enough of the mid century.

[@barbrognlin2595]

I would love to live in that house!!! I was born in 1937 so I seem to love the older look. 😊

[@LindaCarol-ig2ri]

Sam got himself sued by his employees back in the day for paying substandard wages. He was not always on the up and up when making his money.

[@Feb1960s]

He couldn't take that money with him.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton didn't care about anyone else but himself

[@reasonablerandys]

Great job, really like that green wall. Before you know it you’ll be finished

[@cassandratq9301]

So the family fortune started with a Dad earning a living by foreclosing on farmers during the depression? That fits. Also his stores started with a big loan from his rich FIL.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I had a student in a class that I taught. He worked at Target. First in Manufacturing Engineering and then in HR. He got laid off during one of their downturns and hired into Walmart. He claimed that Walmart was much more employee focused and how managers are always lower level employees groomed for advancement. I didn’t’ discuss pay.

[@wilsonsmom411]

That home is beautiful. Wal-Marts impact on America? Notsomuch

[@allaboutmycats454]

Sam would be having fits if he saw his stores today. It was all about buying and making in USA…and the customers were always right, even when they weren’t.

[@DianaJewell-jf9ep]

Richest family in the country and the employees live on food stamps .

[@Gerry1of1]

Blame the government for not increasing minimum wage.

[@2615ParkAvenueAssociates]

@@Gerry1of1 Here's a thought. Why should the government step in when the owners and board of directors have the option to value their employees by being a part of the whole and making them share in the wealth? They could choose to be a leader in this area of management. Altruism.

[@billyjoemorganjr8723]

​@@Gerry1of1Nobody at Walmart works for the Federal minimum wage of $7.25

[@Gerry1of1]

@@2615ParkAvenueAssociates Guv'ment should step in because it costs taxpayer money when Walmart pays low. Walmart/McDonald's and others use the US government to supplement their payroll. By paying low the let the food stamp/rent & housing programs help provide for employees rather than just paying them enough to buy food.

[@Gerry1of1]

@@billyjoemorganjr8723 There are state Governments that can set the min. at a living level but they don't.

[@DMDAUTOLLC]

Makes sense his dad was foreclosing on people in the Great Depression that’s where you really learn to be ruthless

[@gregorylyon1004]

He learned how to rip people off early on

[@jeaniepatterson2384]

I met Sam back in the 80’s and he approached me back in electronics where I was leaving film to be developed. Healed me about his often I used them for film and developing. We must have talked 15-20 minutes.

[@bryantsnider3908]

He be so disappointed in the direction Walmart has gone

[@gregorylyon1004]

I doubt that. They made more money buying goods from China. And Sam Walton was all about MONEY 💰💰💰

[@megangumkowski3181]

Love this house, would love to live there!

[@monkeygraborange]

Like all FLW knockoffs, the house is rigid and inflexible. No allowance is made for personal items or furniture not designed by the architect, which being mostly built-in defies rearranging. The exterior however nestles into its footprint nicely and is not without charm… the dichotomy of the Prairie school of architecture. That being said Walmart is still a cancer on the American retail landscape.

[@dalesmith1293]

Very impersonal, cold feeling and not a family friendly house, in short, a trophy house. Not a place I would want to live. What replaced the fire damaged house?

[@ScottMaytham]

I met Sam and he was so modest I didn't even realize it was him.Until the site contractor and his crew for a new Walmart in Kissimmee.Came over asking me what did he say and I had to ask.What did who say.What A Guy!

[@GreatZob]

I'm a investor with Wal-mart for many years and I've been to his house 4 times. He has always treated employees very well.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sam Walton was Greedy. How many stores is enough to support your family???? Just another Greedy billionaire

[@KittyCarson]

​@@gregorylyon1004 What a shit thing to say about a kind, hard-working, honest man. You are apparently one of those "Don't take more than you need" Michelle Obama anti-capitalist losers. Does it make you feel better àbout your own lack of success, to trash a more successful man?

[@lawrenceflynn2447]

Excellent presentation…thanks!

[@sarakaychilds2565]

Sam Walton was amazing! Since his children sold out to China...and hires less employees- Wal Mart went againat everything Sam stood for. I boycott Wal Mart at every given chance.

[@rodneyrussell-to4ng]

My uncle personally knew Sam, we went to his house many times. He was a down to earth man, even though he was the richest man in the country. He was a nice guy!!! It's too bad his family members didn't follow in his footsteps!!

[@bungendores_finest]

90% talking about his upbringing and career, 10% about the house 🥴

[@floridaboz1]

Everyone wants to hit that 10 minute run time on videos. Most feel it is a magic number for KZbin. I am not sure if that is true or not. But most feel that way

[@Alejoninla]

love the house, the owners.....

[@geneva2580]

His daughter was arrested in Dallas Texas for DWI

[@gregorylyon1004]

LOL

[@lccampbell7112]

I am sure none of the fine folks on here have never been in trouble as you are all saints 🤫👏👏👏

[@learning2live_brokeninchro157]

The second I saw those fireplaces, my thought was….”How did this places not burn to the ground?” Then you told us it did burn. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@ohmoflife1]

He was an incredible prick to his family. The only thing he “left” them was money.

[@jeffmockus5400]

And how the hell did you come by that info? Let's face it, you just like riding the pity train. They have it. I want it. I deserve it.

[@smf2072]

How do you know this as fact.....TMZ ?

[@lindabaker667]

I LOVE that house!

[@calendarpage]

I love that he moved everyone into a doublewide during the renovations. 😁 People love to hate Walmart. I was middle-aged before I ever shopped in one because I lived in big cities, where they didn't exist at the time. Once I moved to small town Midwest, I started shopping there. Now I get things delivered and it's fantastic. I recently moved to a new state and got everything I needed both for the moving supplies on one end and new outdoor furniture on the other end from Walmart, delivered to my door. For reasons too numerous to go into here, shopping is not the way it was 15 years ago, much less 50. I was a child just before the civil rights era and old enough to know how some small retailers where I lived treated people of color. Not everyone had great shopping experiences in the days of the small merchant.

[@felicitadiaz1332]

I work for Walmart. NOT EVERYONE LIVES ON FOOD STAMPS. Some prefer less hours so they can take advantage on public assistance and public housing. I'm 62 yrs.old. I'm self sufficient. I provide for myself. So I appreciate my job at Walmart. 👍👍👍To Walmart.

[@cartersimmons697]

I was more interested in the house then I was and Sam Walton's history because the title mentioned his house not a biography.

[@johnblair765]

My son-in-law...a smart hard worker...work for them just a few months...told them that "life is too short" to work for Walmart. He started his new job the next day ..something about better pay...better treatment.

[@fyramoss970]

I have worked at Walmart 47 years, I love my position and would do it all over again. Walmart associates can accomplish all with great teamwork.

[@suzannemichell7985]

Some of us who lived in Arkansas really made fun of Sam Walton when the fire happened and they wound up living in the double wide trailer for a while. At this point, it is really wonderful to go to the Crystal bridges museum, which is free to the public and has wonderful exhibits.

[@newsyflow681]

House decorated with "Great Value" products galore.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Decorated with thousand dollar bills

[@on3racingchannel819]

Life long arkansan here. Ask anyone who’s lived here all their life. Everyone has a story about Sam Walton doing something generous or a funny story about his farm truck he drove everywhere.

[@Davidbirdman101]

I remember when Wal-Mart tried to get into the little southern town I lived in around the early 1980's. The small stores that lined main street got busy and blocked the move. I don't know how it turned out because I haven't been able to get back there for a few years. They were worried about being run out of business by Wal-Mart even way back then.

[@devonna6171]

I loved the house! The influence of Wright is obvious but the architect “softens” much of what turns me off to Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses. This house felt homey, less cold and stark than FLW designs. The galley kitchen, the loggia, the entry way, the vaulted ceilings, the floating shelves and the many windows were just beautiful. I dont care as much for the bedrooms, however. I’ve lived in enough barracks in the Marines to recognize a room that sacrifices personal style and taste on the altar of conformity. (translation: the bedrooms appear to have had very little thought put into the idea of making them “charming”) Thanks Ken! For sharing this unique house.

[@kennixox262]

You should have joined the Air Force.

[@JAKEWJONES]

I once did a security system for a wealthy Walton’s mansion in St. Louis. We became pretty good friends. He bragged to me about an old slave deed that hung on his office wall. It was proof that his family used to own slaves. I really regret not getting a copy of it. He said I could take it to scan it and bring it back, but I didn’t feel right about it at the time.

[@ABeautfulMess]

I remember when everything was, had to be American made...The wealthiest family with poor employees..ugly house. I'm humble, not into fancy.

[@donttouchmysilver8202]

I hope the family still owns it and puts in whatever it needs to look like it was in the 60s forever. It’s an art piece.

[@Elbert844]

It burned down.

[@donttouchmysilver8202]

@@Elbert844 I didn’t know this thank you. They should rebuild it at no expense spared.