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    • I. John's Foundations & Early Formation

    • II. Breakthrough Years

    • III. Building Standard Oil — System, Strategy, and Relentless Discipline

    • IV. Consolidation & Controversy — The Trust Years (1880–1911)

    • V. Wealth, Lifestyle, Philanthropy & Legacy

    • I. Sam's Foundations & Early Formation

    • II. The Walmart Model — Discounting, Scale & the Blueprint for Retail Dominance (1962–1980)

    • III. The Flywheel Takes Over — National Dominance & the Walmart Culture Machine (1980–1992)

    • IV. The Walmart Machine After Walton — Reinvention, Supercenters & Global Expansion (1992–2010)

    • V. Lessons From Sam Walton — What Wealth Builders Must Learn

    • I. Steve's Foundations & Early Formation

    • II. Philosophical Development — The Making of a Product Thinker

    • III. Apple Era I — Founding to Ouster (1976–1985)

    • IV. NeXT & Pixar — The Exile That Rebuilt Him (1985–1996)

    • V. Apple Era II — Return, Reinvention & the Building of a Modern Empire (1997–2011)

    • VI. Leadership, Communication & Legacy — The Man Behind the System

    • VII. Principles You Can Apply — Lessons for Builders, Investors & Wealth Creators

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