Christy Walton Biography|Christy Walton Philanthropy
Christy Walton (Christy Ruth Walton) is the widow to John T Walton, son to Sam Walton, founder of Walmart. She was assumed to be the richest woman in the world for inheriting her husband’s fortune after he died of a plane crash in 2005. Forbes named her one of the richest women worldwide for eight consecutive years until March 2015.
Most of her wealth is known to come from the family’s shares in Walmart, but also from the first solar, invested in by her husband before he died. Later, Bloomberg released the truth that her husband had left most of his wealth not to her, but to their only son.
She is regarded as the highest female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth by the Conde Nast Portfolio magazine. This was due to her penchant for philanthropy through various NGOs, trusts and foundations towards the causes of education and animal welfare. Between 2002-06, she gave out a total of 3.5 Billion. She serves non-profit organizations like The Philanthropy Roundtable. The San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Zoological Society and the Mingei International Museum.
She has even donated her own Victorian home, built-in 1896 for former National City, California postmaster Oliver Noyes. Since her donation, she has endowed $4 million towards the edifice’s preservation. Along with all that, she supports her family’s own charitable foundation, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which prioritizes education and benefits institutions of higher education.
In 2007, her family’s foundation donated as much as $1.6 billion. On March 2, 2009, Variety reported that Christy Walton had set up a production company called Tenaja Productions to finance a film adaptation of “Bless Me, Ultima”, a popular Chicano coming of age novel. The film premiered at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas on September 17, 2012, and received a general release in February 2013
Christy Walton Age|How Old Is Christy Walton?
She was born on the 8th of February 1949 in Jackson, Wyoming, United States.
Christy Walton Husband|Christy Walton Children
Christy was married to the late “John T. Walton“, John Thomas Walton was an American war veteran and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was also the chairman of True North Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton co-founded the Children’s Scholarship Fund, providing tuition scholarships for disadvantaged youth. She has one son Lukas Walton, who was the one who really inherited most of his father’s fortune. He has worked for the Walton Family Foundation, and True North Venture Partners
Christy Walton Net Worth|How Much Is Christy Walton Worth?
The American billionaire heiress has an estimated net worth of 8.6 billion dollars as of 2019. In June 2005, her husband died in a plane crash, apparently making her the main heir to his fortune of US$18.2 billion. Forbes listed Christy Walton as the richest woman in the world for several years. Her net worth was estimated to $41.7 billion in March 2015, the bulk of which came from her shares in Walmart, but also from First Solar, in which her husband had invested. In November 2015, an analysis of court documents by Bloomberg revealed that the bulk of her husband’s wealth had been transferred to her son, Lukas Walton so that her own net worth was only about US$5 billion
Christy Walton Home|Christy Walton House
She stills stays in Jackson, Wyoming, a Cowboy state holding the highest number of wealthy people in the U.S. Walton is selling her Wyoming mansion for $12.5 million, according to real estate blog Trulia. Located off the beaten path in Teton Village in Western Wyoming, the fully furnished home has 200-year-old reclaimed oak floors, tall ceilings, and hand-crafted Albertini windows imported from Italy.
The 2.45-acre estate not only houses the 8,600-square-foot, six-bedroom main mansion, but also a nearby summer guest cabin with two extra bedrooms that looks out onto the property’s creek. There’s also a nearby three-car, heated garage and a heated driveway for all those cold Wyoming winters.
How To Contact Christy Walton
- Walton Family Foundation
P.O. Box 2030
Bentonville, AR 72712
479-464-1570 phone
479-464-1580 fax - Denver, Colo. office
303-442-3434 - Washington, D.C. office
202-849-6444