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Christy Walton
United States 77 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Walmart
- Industry
- Fashion & Retail
- Residence
- Jackson, Wyoming
- Education
- High School (High School Graduate)
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 1
Assets
- First Solar Inc.1,618,910 shares @ $224.30$363,121,513FSLR-US
- Walmart148,121,025 shares @ $113.10$16,752,487,928WMT-US
Biography
Christy Walton married into what is now the richest family in the world: Walmart's Walton clan.
She inherited a stake in the retailer when her husband, John Walton, died in a 2005 plane crash.
Christy received about one sixth of her husband's estate; her son, Lukas Walton, got about one third.
She was one of the biggest backers of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super-PAC that ran ads in battleground states during the 2020 campaign.
She leads a very private life in Jackson, Wyoming.
About
Her son, Lukas, battled cancer as a child. She reportedly claimed that an all-organic diet eliminated his tumor.
In 2010, she established Cuna del Mar, an investment fund that backs companies working to develop a sustainable supply of seafood.