Walmart's founder famously descended from the sky to check on stores. A store manager explained what it was like.

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Sam Walton flying in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
Walmart founder Sam Walton in a plane. Walton was known to drop in on stores for impromptu checks.

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3 Walmart heirs are on the brink of being worth $100 billion each — and together they're way richer than Elon Musk

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Jim, Alice, and Rob Walton have all become a lot richer this year.

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The Walmart heirs are worth $330 billion. Sam Walton's smart move in the 1950s is a big reason why.

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Rob, Alice and Jim Walton at a Walmart annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Meet Nancy Walton Laurie, the billionaire Walmart heiress whose $300 million yacht was spray-painted by climate activists last year

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Nancy Walton Laurie at a Cedar Lake dancers' practice. She founded the contemporary ballet group in 2002.

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Meet Rob Walton, the Walmart heir worth $79.8 billion who's retiring from the company's board after more than 40 years

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Rob Walton is retiring from Walmart's board of directors.

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Walmart heir Rob Walton is stepping down from the retailer's board after four decades

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Rob Walton at a Walmart annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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The family behind Walmart cashed out $1.5 billion as the stock neared an all-time high last week

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Rob, Alice and Jim Walton at a Walmart annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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