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| Born | October 7, 1949 United States |
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| Net worth | US$19 billion |
Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949) is an American heiress to the Wal-mart fortune. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton, John T. Walton, and Jim Walton. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Samuel Moore Walton ( March 29 1918 &ndash April 5 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher Oklahoma Helen Robson Kemper Walton ( December 3, 1919 — April 19, 2007) was the wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. Samuel Robson (Rob Walton (born 1945 in Tulsa Oklahoma) is the eldest son of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the world's largest Retailer John Thomas Walton (born October 8 1946 in Newport Arkansas, died June 27, 2005 in Jackson Wyoming) was a decorated Jim Carr Walton (born 1948 in Newport Arkansas) is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam In 2007 her estimated net worth was US$16. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 1 billion, making her the second richest woman in the United States after sister-in-law Christy Walton, and the third richest woman in the world. Christy Ruth Walton is the wife of late John T Walton. After his death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of $15
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Biography
Alice Walton graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, and lives in Mineral Wells, Texas on The Rocking W Ranch. Trinity University is an independent primarily Undergraduate, university in San Antonio, Texas. Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas and a portion of Parker County Texas.
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's only daughter, Alice chose not to get involved in the operations of the family business. For a time she was a broker for E.F. Hutton. E F Hutton & Co was an American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904 by Edward Francis Hutton, his brother Franklyn Laws Hutton, and Her hobby is horses.
Walton was the twentieth largest individual contributor to 527 committees in the U.S. presidential election, 2004, donating US$2. A 527 group is a type of American Tax-exempt organization named after a section of the United States tax code,. The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States. 6 million to the conservative Progress for America group. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Progress for America is a major political fund-raising and marketing group that supports conservative issues and candidates [1] During the 2004 election cycle, Progress for America ran advertisements supporting the Iraq occupation and praising George W. Bush for preventing "another 9/11". The ads were criticized for their inaccuracy. [2]
In 1989, Walton hit a fifty-year-old pedestrian woman in an automobile accident in Springdale, Arkansas. Springdale is a city in Washington and Benton counties in the northwestern region of Arkansas in the United States. The woman later died from her injuries; no charges or citations were issued to Walton. In 1996, Walton was cited for driving while intoxicated and fined US$925. [3]
Art collection
In 2005, Alice Walton purchased Asher Brown Durand's celebrated painting, Kindred Spirits, in a sealed-bid auction for a purported US$35 million dollars. Asher Brown Durand ( August 21, 1796 &ndash September 17, 1886) was an American painter of the Hudson River School. Kindred Spirits (1849 is perhaps the best known painting of Hudson River School painter Asher Durand. A sealed first-price auction is a form of Auction where bidders submit one bid in a concealed fashion The 1849 painting, a tribute to Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole, had been given to the New York Public Library in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher William Cullen Bryant (who is depicted in the painting with Cole). The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Thomas Cole ( February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848) was a 19th century American artist The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries. William Cullen Bryant (November 3 1794 - June 12 1878 was an American romantic poet, journalist and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. [4] Walton has also purchased works by American painters Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, as well as a notable portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale,[5] in preparation for the 2009 opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Winslow Homer ( February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American Landscape painter and Printmaker Edward Hopper ( July 22, 1882 &ndash May 15, 1967) was an American painter and Printmaker. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Charles Willson Peale ( April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a future museum in Bentonville Arkansas, U [6]
See also
References
- ^ OpenSecrets.org
- ^ Pro-Republican ads stretch the truth on Iraq to influence elections, McClatchy, October 17, 2006
- ^ Forbes Autos
- ^ National Gallery
- ^ Alice Walton's Fig Leaf
- ^ Crystal Bridges website
External links
- Forbes The World's Billionaires: Alice Walton, 2007
- Forbes The 400 Richest Americans: Alice Walton, 2007
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