Walton vs Slim

Walmart and América Móvil.

Alice WaltonWalmart$123BForbes, 12 Oct 2026 Carlos Slim HelúAmérica Móvil$120BForbes, 17 Oct 2026

The differences

Forbes puts Alice Walton about $2.8B ahead of Carlos Slim Helú.Forbes figures from 12 Oct 2026 and 17 Oct 2026.
Alice Walton: inherited it. Carlos Slim Helú: founded it.
Carlos Slim Helú is about 9 years older than Alice Walton.
Alice Walton is from United States; Carlos Slim Helú is from Mexico.

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Side by side

Walton

Slim

The money

Net worth, Forbes: $123BForbes, 12 Oct 2026; $120BForbes, 17 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $137BBloomberg, 9 Oct 2026; $118BBloomberg, 10 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 15Real-Time list, 30 Sep 2026; No. 15Real-Time list, 20 Sep 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 1991First year on a Forbes billionaires list: Forbes says he 'first appeared on Forbes' Billionaires list in 1991 at $1.7 billion', mainly on his Grupo Carso stake

Where it came from

How it started: Inherited itOnly daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton; Bloomberg calls her an heir to the fortune he created in Walmart; Founded itBegan building Grupo Carso in 1965 at 25; Inmobiliaria Carso was incorporated in January 1966. He bought into Telmex at its 1990 privatisation; América Móvil was spun off from Telmex in 2000
Main source: Walmart stock held mostly through the Walton Family Holdings Trust and Walton EnterprisesBloomberg: 'The majority of Alice Walton's fortune is derived from Walmart'; Stakes in América Móvil, Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero InbursaBloomberg: his most valuable asset is a majority shareholding in America Movil, followed by Grupo Carso and Inbursa
Companies: WalmartWalmart: None; trustee of family holding entities; América Móvil, Grupo CarsoAmérica Móvil: Honorary and life chairman; Grupo Carso: Honorary lifetime chairman
Biggest stake: WalmartStake not stated; Grupo Carso76% owned

The person

Born: 7 Oct 1949Newport, Arkansas, United States; 28 Jan 1940Mexico City, Mexico
Country: United StatesLives in Fort Worth, Texas, United States; MexicoLives in Mexico City, Mexico
Education: Bachelor's degreeBA in economics, Trinity University; Bachelor's degreeCivil engineering degree, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 1961
Parents: Daughter of Sam and Helen Walton, who ran a five-and-dime store before Sam opened the first Walmart in 1962Before her philanthropy she worked in finance: equity analyst, founder of an investment bank, vice chairman of Arvest Bank Group; Father Julián Slim Haddad, a Lebanese immigrant, owned the dry-goods store La Estrella de Oriente and property in central Mexico City; mother Linda Helú

What they give

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; 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); Fundación Carlos SlimFounded 1986; he also chairs Fundación Telmex
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; $4.2BForbes, 26 Mar 2019. Dated Forbes estimate: donations to the Carlos Slim Foundation since 2006, per his spokesman

Role and record

Role now: No roleFounder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Art Bridges Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation; Chair of the boardHonorary lifetime chairman of Grupo Carso; chairman of IDEAL and of his foundations
Successor: Greg Penner, Rob Walton's son-in-law, chairs Walmart's board; John Furner became CEO in 2026Two Walton family members sit on the board as non-management directors; His sons have taken over: Carlos Slim Domit chairs América Móvil and Grupo Carso; Patrick Slim Domit is co-chairman of América Móvil and was CEO of Grupo Carso; Marco Antonio Slim Domit is a Grupo Carso director
Public office: Member, Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Advisory Council2021-; Member, UN high-level advisory group on energy and climate change; Co-leader, Mexico City Historic Centre citizens' advisory councilYear not stated; 2001-present
Legal record: 1979: US SEC; 1998: Municipal court (Judge Stanley Ludwig)In 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. 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.; 2001: Texas state district court (Dallas); reversed by the Texas Court of Appeals in 2004After a jury verdict for COC Services in a dispute over a CompUSA franchise deal, the trial judge ordered him personally to pay $85.5 million; in 2004 the Court of Appeals reversed the judgment against him and his companies and ruled that COC take nothing from them.