The Wal-Mart Decade: How a New Generation of Leaders Turned Sam Walton's Legacy into the World's #1 Company
Last updated October 31, 2026
Robert Slater looks at Wal-Mart, the Bentonville, Arkansas, retailer, in the decade after the death of its founder, Sam Walton, in 1992. He describes how chief executive David Glass and his successor, Lee Scott, expanded into supercenters, groceries and overseas markets, from Mexico to Britain, while keeping Walton's culture of low prices and frugality, and made Wal-Mart the largest company in the world.
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