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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Walmart.\n\nSam Walton co-founded Walmart with his brother Bud Walton, opening its first store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, and started Sam's Club in 1983. Walmart grew into the world's largest company by revenue.\n\n## What Sam builds\n\n- [Walmart Affiliate Marketing API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/walmart-affiliate-api.md), graded E, 38.6/100, in Shopping, returns \u0026 refunds. Walmart's read-only catalogue API for affiliates, documented on the Walmart I/O portal. It searches Walmart.com products and returns item details, reviews, taxonomy, trending items, recommendations and nearby stores, with affiliate links tracked through Impact. It cannot place orders. Co-founder, Walmart, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Bud Walton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bud-walton/), Co-founder, Walmart\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Sam Walton?\n\nSam Walton co-founded Walmart with his brother Bud Walton, opening its first store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, and started Sam's Club in 1983. Walmart grew into the world's largest company by revenue.\n\n### What does Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC (Walmart Inc.) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Walmart Affiliate Marketing API from Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC (Walmart Inc.). Walmart's read-only catalogue API for affiliates, documented on the Walmart I/O portal. It searches Walmart.com products and returns item details, reviews, taxonomy, trending items, recommendations and nearby stores, with affiliate links tracked through Impact. It cannot place orders.\n\n### How are Sam's tools graded?\n\nWalmart Affiliate Marketing API is graded E, 38.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://corporate.walmart.com\n- https://walmart.io/support\n- https://walmart.io/support/support-form\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Walton\n\nNot the same person as [Sam Walton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-walton-2/) (Walmart Inc.), as far as the research can tell.\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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