Christy Walton

Christy Walton

Walton in 2012
Born Christy Ruth Tallant
(1949-02-08) February 8, 1949[1][2]
Residence Teton Village, Wyoming, US
Citizenship American
Known for Walton family fortune, philanthropy
Net worth IncreaseUS$5.3 billion (May 2016)[3]
Spouse(s) John T. Walton (deceased)
Children Lukas Walton
Relatives Sam Walton (father-in-law), Alice Walton (sister-in-law)

Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant;[1][2] born February 8, 1949) is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart.

In June 2005, she inherited her husband's fortune of US$18.2 billion following his death in a plane crash. As of 2015 Walton is the richest woman in the world.[4][5] According to Forbes, she is the 6th richest person in the United States, and the 8th richest person in the world, as of March 2015.[2][6] Forbes reported that she was the richest woman in the world for eight years running, and still held the title in March 2015.[2] As of March 2014, she and her family (not including her two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law) had an estimated net worth of $36.7 billion,[7] the bulk of which comes from her shares in Walmart, but also from First Solar, in which her husband invested.

Philanthropy

Profiled by Condé Nast Portfolio magazine in The Giving Index, she is ranked as the highest female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth. At a then estimated $16.3 billion net worth, she contributed a total of $3.5 billion cumulatively between 2002 and 2006.[8]

Non-profit organizations in which Walton is actively serving include the national association of trustees and staff, corporate giving officers, and individual donors of The Philanthropy Roundtable. The San Diego Natural History Museum, where she is a board member, as well as the San Diego Zoological Society and the Mingei International Museum are also institutions to which she makes donations.[8] In 2006, Walton donated her own old Victorian home which was built in 1896 for former National City, California postmaster Oliver Noyes and is of historical significance, to the International Community Foundation - Center for Cross-Border Philanthropy. Since her donation, she has endowed $4 million towards the edifice's preservation.[8]

Additionally, she supports her family's own charitable foundation, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which prioritizes education and benefits institutions of higher education such as the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and several other colleges, community trusts, universities and foundations. In 2007, her family's foundation donated as much as $1.6 billion.[8]

Variety reported on March 2, 2009[9] 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. Filming wrapped in Santa Fe, New Mexico in late 2010.[10] The film premiered at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas on September 17, 2012[11] and received a general release in February 2013.[12]

Arrest and dropping of charges

At 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning in 1970, Christy Ruth Walton, then Tallant, was arrested at a residence in the north end of Palm Springs by police who were conducting a dawn raid on a property being used by a suspected burglary gang. Police reported they had discovered a small quantity of drugs and alleged stolen goods in the house. Tallant was arrested and charged with three counts of breaching health and safety laws. All charges were dropped against her and another defendant after the Supreme Court of California ruled the police had conducted an illegal raid by enacting the search warrant an hour too early. The police "apparently had been issued just an ordinary 'daytime' warrant that was only valid when served between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m."[13]

Personal life

Walton has a son, Lukas Walton, who currently resides in San Diego, California.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The World's Billionaires (2013): No. 12 Christy Walton & family". Forbes. September 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013. Net worth: $35.4 billion
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Forbes 400 Richest Americans: No. 6 Christy Walton". Forbes. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Richest Women In The World 2015". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  4. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2015/03/02/the-richest-women-in-the-world-2015/
  5. ↑ "WalMart heir dies in plane crash". Fox-News. June 2005. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bloomberg Billionares Index". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "The World's Richest Women 2014". Forbes.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Christy Walton. Faces of Philanthropy, accessed December 15, 2010.
  9. ↑ Wal-Mart's Walton books film debut retrieved December 30, 2011
  10. ↑ FIND Talent Guide
  11. ↑ María Cortés González, "'Bless Me, Ultima' premiere in El Paso is Plaza Theatre's first in 63 years", El Paso Times, September 18, 2012.
  12. ↑ Ana Gershanik, "Sarah DiLeo of New Orleans produces first film, 'Bless Me, Ultima,' opening Feb. 22", Times-Picayune, February 21, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Police Raid Hour Too Early!". Desert Sun. 45 (169). 18 February 1972.
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