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Alice Walton Makes a Massive Giveaway

$249M gift to fund a medical school in Arkansas

(Newser) - Alice Walton reclaimed her spot as the world's richest woman even after opening her wallet in a big way. The Walmart heiress, who sits in the 18th spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a $100 billion estimated net worth, gave out $390 million in the year ending Sept....

Walmart Heiress Is Again World's Wealthiest Woman
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Sep 21, 2024 3:45 PM CDT

An Heiress Is Again the World's Wealthiest Woman

Walmart scion Alice Walton reclaims her throne

(Newser) - Planet Earth has a new wealthiest woman, and well, she's a former wealthiest woman on the globe. For basically none of you keeping track at home, Walmart heiress Alice Walton has reclaimed her throne from another heiress, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers of L'Oreal riches, reports ABC13 . It goes a...

Walton Family Sells $1.5B in Walmart Stock

Move was made with Walmart shares near record high

(Newser) - Walmart stock has jumped 13% this year, and as it sat near a record high last week, the Walton family sold off about $1.5 billion worth of shares. Filings from the US Securities and Exchange Commission made on behalf of Rob, Jim, and Alice Walton—the three surviving children...

Walmart Heir Gives Surprise $300K to Obama PAC

The Waltons are famously conservative

(Newser) - Expect the next Walton family reunion to be awkward: Samuel Rawlings Walton, grandson and namesake of the late Walmart founder, recently gave a $300,000 donation to a pro-Obama super PAC, reports the Washington Post . His grandfather was a well-known conservative, and several other Waltons have given big bucks to...

Wal-Mart Family Donates $800M to Art Museum

Biggest-ever cash donation to art museum in US

(Newser) - Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton’s family will give a record $800 million to his daughter’s new art museum, marking the biggest-ever cash donation to an art museum in the US. It’s a gift that reflects the family's high hopes for Alice Walton’s 201,000-square-foot Crystal Bridges...

Philly Museums Save Painting From Wal-Mart Sale

Eakins will remain in city after museums match heiress' bid

(Newser) - The saga over the sale of Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic came to an end yesterday when the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced it had raised enough money to cover the $68 million price tag. Eakins' painting of an operation in an anatomical theater was almost bought by Wal-Mart heiress...

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