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Early life. Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy "Nannie" Lee Lawrence Walton on December 20, 1921, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. His father worked as a farm appraiser and mortgage agent. The family moved often because of Thomas Walton's job. When he was 2 years old, his family moved from Oklahoma to Springfield, Missouri.
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 million employees, the world's largest private employer.
Sam Walton. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in Rogers, Arkansas and Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the ...
Walmart Inc. / 36.36556°N 94.21750°W / 36.36556; -94.21750. Walmart Inc. ( / ˈwɔːlmɑːrt / ⓘ; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other countries.
Members of Spanish group Futuro Vegetal sprayed paint across the stern of Nancy Walton Laurie’s yacht, Kaos Billionaire Walmart heiress’s $300m superyacht splattered with paint in Ibiza attack ...
Barack Obama, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, others honor Bill Walton. Plenty of other big names, both in and out of the sports world, took time to honor Walton on Monday, including former President Barack ...
James Carr Walton [1] (born June 7, 1948) [4] is an American businessman, currently an heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. [5] As of November 2023, Walton was the 15th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$73 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [6] He is the youngest son of Sam Walton .
Bill Walton was a proud Deadhead. The basketball great, who died Monday at age 71 following a prolonged cancer battle, was famously a huge fan of the Grateful Dead (and a tie-dye aficionado).A ...