Christy Walton, heir to Walmart fortune
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Christy Walton, heir to Walmart fortune
Net worth: $27.9 billion
Walton is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Despite their wealth, Walton wanted a normal upbringing for her son, so she raised him in an 1896 Victorian home in National City, Calif., outside of San Diego.
After her husband died in a plane crash, Walton donated the home to the International Community Foundation — Center for Cross-Border Philanthropy.
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