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Company · Retail · founded 1927

Ben Franklin

Franchise chain of five-and-dime and craft stores in small towns, begun in 1927 by Butler Brothers. Sam Walton bought a Ben Franklin franchise in Newport, Arkansas, in 1945.

Of the 1 person here linked to Ben Franklin, 0 are founders and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at Sam's Club. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Ben Franklin

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Role

Franchise store owner and operator, Newport and later Bentonville, Arkansas, 1945
Source · medium confidence. Wikipedia says he bought a Ben Franklin franchise in Newport in 1945 and later opened more Ben Franklin stores; no end year is stated here.
Past
Retail 5 / 1
Sam Walton
Founder, Walmart
farm-country frugal · some · college degree

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