Sam Walton: Made in America

In his own plainspoken voice, Walmart founder Sam Walton tells how he built the world’s largest retailer from a single five-and-dime in Arkansas. It is a story of relentless frugality, obsessive attention to customers, and a willingness to experiment and fail on the way to enormous scale. Walton’s principles left a deep mark on Jeff Bezos, who has echoed his frugality and customer focus at Amazon and named this memoir among the books that influenced him most.