- Net Worth
- $27.9 B As of September 2012
At a Glance
- Co-Chair, Children's Scholarship Fund
- Age: 57
- Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart
- Residence: Jackson, WY
- Country of Citizenship: United States
- Marital Status: Widowed
- Children: 1
Profile:
Wal-Mart widow Christy Walton is the
richest woman in the United States once again. She inherited her wealth
when husband John Walton, a former Green Beret and Vietnam war medic,
died in an airplane crash in 2005. John's investment in First Solar had
boosted Christy's net worth well above the rest of her family, but the
stock tanked in 2012, closing her lead to just $1.1 billion (down from
$3.4 billion last year)
over brother-in-law Jim. The rest of her holdings are in Wal-Mart, the
massive retailer founded by her father-in-law Sam Walton and his brother
James in 1962. Since last year, Christy received more than $420 million
in Wal-Mart dividends after taxes.
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