"I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment."
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Businesspeople from the United StatesPhilanthropists from the United StatesPresidential Medal of Freedom recipientsPresbyterians from the United StatesPeople from Oklahoma
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Attributed in Adam L. Penenberg, "Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart", Wired, 21 April 2005
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Sam Walton
Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur founded the retailer Wal-Mart.
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