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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.
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]
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 ...
The kids do still own the Kansas City Chiefs and have a minority stake in the Chicago Bulls, though. ... The namesake company was founded by brothers Sam and James “Bud” Walton in 1962, went ...
Lukas Walton is the only child of John T. Walton (1946–2005) and his wife Christy Walton. He grew up in National City, California, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [1] His father, John T. Walton, died in a plane crash in 2005. Following his father's death, he moved with his mother to Jackson, Wyoming. [2]
Bill Walton was a legend on the court, a Hall of Famer, MVP and a two-time champion both at UCLA and in the NBA. On the mic, he truly had no equal.In a decades-long post-playing career as a ...
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 .