Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of the American chain of Walmart storeswho died in 1992. She is also the 18th richest person in the world, a position she shares with her brother Rob Walton. Sam Walton’s heirs own 46 percent of their father’s company — we read in Forbes.
After studying at Trinity University in Texas, Alice Walton worked for a short time in 1971 in She worked at Walmart as a buyer in the children’s clothing department.
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Later she started working as a art curators and for a decade she presided over her family’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Alice Walton’s Activities
Alice Walton is heavily involved in charity workincluding the Alice Walton Foundation, Art Bridges Foundation, which purchases and loans American art to over 230 museums throughout the United States.
The billionaire’s latest venture is the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville – an independent educational institution that plans to open its first class next year.
