Strength and Vision
These are the words that have always defined Bill Randles. From the time he was a small boy, growing up in Northwest Arkansas, Bill could see how to reach beyond his circumstances to a brighter future. His life is a testament to the spirit of America and the vitality of the American Dream.

Early Years
Bill was born in 1963 in the small Ozarks town of Springdale, Arkansas. His parents married as teenagers and had Bill a little more than a year later. Until Bill was ten years old, his family lived in a trailer park and operated a roadside fruit stand. From the time he was a little boy, Bill worked in the family business, stocking, loading and unloading trucks, pitching melons, and helping out any way he could. But he also had another job – school. When he was seven years old, Bill’s father told him if he wanted to get out of Arkansas he would have to do well in school. So from that time on, Bill treated school like his other job. He developed a tenacity. That, coupled with a relentless optimism about his future, began to pay off.

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