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Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant; [1] [2] born February 8, 1949) is the widow of John T. Walton, who was one of the sons of the Walmart founder Sam Walton. In June 2005, her husband died in a plane crash, [3] making her the main heir to his fortune of US$18.2 billion. Forbes listed Christy Walton as the richest woman in the world for several ...
John Thomas Walton (October 8, 1946 [1] – June 27, 2005) was an American war veteran and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was also the chairman of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton cofounded the Children's Scholarship Fund, providing tuition scholarships for disadvantaged youth.
Christy Walton took her husband John's place in the ranking after his death. The majority of the family's wealth derives from the heritage of Bud and Sam Walton, who were the co-founders of Walmart. Walmart is the world's largest retailer, one of the world's largest business enterprises in terms of annual revenue, and, with just over 2.2 ...
Lukas and Christy Walton, the son and widow of Sam's late son, John T. Walton, ... The Walton family's wealth bump has been fueled by a roughly 80% surge in the retailer's stock price this year.
Walton Family Foundation. Include Lukas ($35.7 billion) and Christy ($16.1 billion) — the son and widow of Sam's fourth child, the late John T. Walton — and the wealth of retail's royal family ...
The architect Moshe Safdie designed the 200,000 square foot museum, which was built on 120 acres of Walton family land. Crystal Bridges opened in 2011 and has been visited more than 5 million times as of 2021. It is free to attend. Walton says her motivation for the museum was to give access to art to people who had never had it. [21] [20]
Family fortunes. Sam Walton shrewdly structured his fledgling company as a family partnership in 1953, giving 20% stakes to each of his four children. ... The late John T. Walton's son, Lukas ...
Walton lives in Jackson, Wyoming [7] and Chicago. [8] He is married to Samantha Walton, [9] [10] [11] who is listed as the co-president with Lukas Walton in the Builders Initiative, which is a Walton family foundation. [12] In 2022, Walton was ranked 106th in the Forbes annual list of the world's billionaires with a net worth of $16.5 billion. [13]