Jim Walton
Net Worth
- $26.8 B As of September 2012
At a Glance
- Chairman and CEO, Arvest Bank Group, Inc.
- Age: 64
- Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart
- Residence: Bentonville, AR
- Country of Citizenship: United States
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Arkansas
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 4
Forbes Lists
#7 Forbes 400
Profile:
Wal-Mart heir Jim Walton is the youngest son of retail visionary Sam (d.
1992), who founded the massive retailer with his brother James, opening
a single store in Rogers, Ark. in 1962. Wal-Mart now has sales of $444
billion and employs 2.2 million people worldwide. Since last year, Jim
received more than $430 million in dividends after taxes. He and his
siblings have given about $2 billion to the Walton
Family Foundation over the last five years. Jim is also the CEO of his
family's Arvest Bank, which has branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Missouri. He gave $100,000 to the Super PAC for Republican
presidential nominee Mitt Romney. [...] more
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