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Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton and founded the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; her fortune is her inherited share of the Walton family's Walmart stock.
- Forbes estimate
- $123B
- Forbes, 12 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 15
- 30 Sep 2026
- Main company
- Walmart
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $137B
- Bloomberg, 9 Oct 2026
- Born
- 7 Oct 1949
- Newport, Arkansas, United States
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- BA in economics, Trinity University
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
Where the fortune sits
Walmart stock held mostly through the Walton Family Holdings Trust and Walton Enterprises
Walmart
retail, founded 1962
Not reported for her individually. The 2026 proxy reports 44.11% for Walton Enterprises and 6.44% for the Walton Family Holdings Trust
DEF 14A (2026 proxy statement), 10 Apr 2026
None; trustee of family holding entities
Where Alice stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Alice Walton is outlined.
How the fortune started
Inherited it
Inherited it 6
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Through marriage 5
Industry
Retail
Retail 4
Technology 24
Finance 10
Several industries 9
Metals and mining 6
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Casinos and resorts 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Not a signer
Not a signer 61
Signed 11
Not stated 1
Education
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree 27
Graduate degree 24
Left university without a degree 6
No university 5
Not stated 11
Role today
No role
No role 4
Runs the company 32
Chair, board or owner 25
Founder, no executive role 8
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 7 Oct 1949Newport, Arkansas, United States
- Citizenship
- United States
- Lives in
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Education
- Bachelor's degreeBA in economics, Trinity University
- Parents
- Daughter of Sam and Helen Walton, who ran a five-and-dime store before Sam opened the first Walmart in 1962
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Alice L. Walton FoundationFounded 2017; she also founded Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (2005) and the Art Bridges Foundation (2017)
- Lifetime giving
- $2BForbes, 16 Sep 2026. Forbes: more than an estimated $2 billion of her funds paid out by five family foundations through 2024; she has put more than $6 billion into them, plus at least $250 million to the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Role and record
- Role now
- No roleFounder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Art Bridges Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation
- Successor
- Greg Penner, Rob Walton's son-in-law, chairs Walmart's board; John Furner became CEO in 2026
- Public office
- Member, Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Advisory Council, 2021-
- Legal record
- 1979, US SECIn a settled SEC proceeding concerning her work at E.F. Hutton, the SEC found she had wilfully violated or aided and abetted violations of securities antifraud rules and suspended her from the securities industry for six months from January 30, 1979.
- 1998, Municipal court (Judge Stanley Ludwig)A municipal judge found her guilty on four counts, including driving while intoxicated and refusing a blood-alcohol test, after she contested the charges at trial.
