Helen Walton

Helen Walton

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name = Helen Walton


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birth_place = Claremore, Oklahoma
death_date = death date and age|2007|4|19|1919|12|3
death_place = Bentonville, Arkansas
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Helen Robson Kemper Walton (December 3, 1919April 19, 2007) was the wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. She was the eleventh richest American and at one point the richest woman in the world. Helen died with an estimated net worth of $16.4 billion that will pass to charity over the next few years.

Helen was the valedictorian of her high school class in Claremore, Oklahoma and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma at Norman with a degree in business. She was the daughter of L.S. Robson, a prosperous banker and rancher. She and Sam were married February 14, 1943.

Sam Walton (d. 1992) left his ownership in Wal-Mart to his wife and their four children, S. Robson Walton (Rob), John T. Walton (d. 2005), Jim Walton, and Alice Walton. Rob Walton chairs the board of directors of Wal-Mart, on which John served until his death. The others are not directly involved in the company except through their voting power as shareholders.

Walton died of heart failure on Thursday, April 19 2007.

External links

* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/8B88.html Forbes listing]


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