9 incredibly successful companies founded by military veterans

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From WeWork to Walmart, here are 9 companies founded by military veterans

, Walton was in the Army and eventually rose to the rank of captain. His brother Bud served as a bomber pilot for the Navy in the Pacific.

According to the company's history, Sam Walton's first Walmart store, called Walton's Five and Dime, was started with $5,000 he saved from his time serving in the Army and aWeb-hosting company GoDaddy was founded by Marine Corps veteran Bob Parsons.The company responsible for registering a large portion of the world's web domains, GoDaddy, is the brainchild of Marine veteran Bob Parsons.

Parsons enlisted in the Corps in 1968 and later served in Vietnam, where he earned a Combat Action Ribbbon, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and the Purple Heart for wounds he received in combat.

 

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