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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 ...
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]
In 2022, Walton's foundation gave a $3.5 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank: $3 million to support construction of a food distribution center, and $500,000 to buy and distribute food. [29] Also in 2017, Walton formed the Art Bridges Foundation. [30] It partners with small and regional museums with less access to cultural resources.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Helen Robson Walton (December 3, 1919 – April 19, 2007) was an American philanthropist and prominent arts advocate, dedicated to being a grandmother and to her community in Bentonville, Arkansas where she instituted a committee for a national museum of arts.
Dukes told investigators in 2017 he helped Duke burn the body of a woman Duke had allegedly killed by accident on a pecan orchard. However, he recanted the confession. In 2019, Bo Dukes was convicted of concealing the death of another, hindering apprehension of a criminal, tampering with evidence, and two counts of making false statements.
Variety reported on March 2, 2009 [3] that Christy Walton, heiress to the Walton fortune, had set up Tenaja Productions company solely to finance a film adaptation of Bless Me, Ultima. Monkey Hill Films' Sarah DiLeo is billed as producer with collaboration and support from Mark Johnson of Gran Via Productions and Jesse B. Franklin of Monarch ...
Walton was born on May 15, 1951. [3] She is the younger daughter of Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Walmart founder Sam Walton. [4] She grew up in Versailles, Missouri, where she met future husband Bill Laurie. [5] At Bud's death, she and her sister Ann Walton Kroenke inherited a stake in Walmart now worth over $9 billion. [6]