The Importance of Going Public

Ron joined Sam at Walmart in 1969 and was charged with overseeing the financials and distribution for the company. Ron created a centralized operation that allowed Walmart to order for multiple stores at once Have the order shipped to one distribution center and then parceled out to individual stores From 1969 to 1970 Walmart sales doubled and as he worked to remake and modernize Walmart's buying systems Ron slowly became Sam's right-hand man. By 1974 Walmart was on track to meet the 900% growth rate that Sam and Ron had promised Prudential. That same year Helen again asked Sam to step back to slow down and take a break from work. She didn't like the idea of strangers getting to look