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JCPenney

American department store chain founded in 1902 by James Cash Penney. Sam Walton started his career there as a management trainee in Des Moines.

Of the 1 person here linked to JCPenney, 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 JCPenney

Employee

Role

Management trainee
Source · medium confidence. Wikipedia says he joined three days after college graduation, spent about 18 months there and resigned in 1942. It gives no start year.
Past
Retail 5 / 1
Sam Walton
Founder, Walmart
farm-country frugal · some · college degree

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