Back عائلة والتون Arabic Walton (Familie) German Familia Walton Spanish خانواده والتون Persian Keluarga Walton ID Walton (famiglia) Italian ウォルトン家 Japanese 월턴가 Korean Família Walton Portuguese Familia Walton Romanian
| Walton | |
|---|---|
| Business family | |
 Sam Walton, founder of Walmart | |
| Etymology | Walton (surname); for "a place with the suffix tun ('town, farm, hamlet') and one of the prefixes wald ('a wood'), walesc ('foreigner') or walh ('farm worker')" |
| Founder | Sam Walton (1918–1992) |
| Distinctions | Wealthiest family in the world (US$432 billion; 2024) |
| Website | WaltonFamilyFoundation.org |
The Walton family is an American family whose collective fortune derived from Walmart makes them the richest family in the United States,[a] and, as of December 2024, the richest family in the world.[4][5]
- ^ Hanbury, Mary (August 16, 2018). "MEET THE WALTONS: How America's wealthiest family spends its Walmart fortune". Business Insider. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ Bryan Rich. "Christy Walton & family". Forbes. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Jerin Mathew (July 2, 2015). "Walton family are richest in the US with $254bn net worth – Forbes". International Business Times UK. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Pendleton, Devon (December 12, 2024). "World's Richest Families 2024". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ Berger, Chloe (December 12, 2024). "The Walton family is the world's richest as soaring Walmart shares drive the heirs' net worth to $432 billion". Fortune. Archived from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).