Rob Walton & family
Source of wealth: Walmart
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Biography
Rob Walton is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Walton took over as chairman upon his father's death in 1992.
He retired as chairman in 2015 and was replaced by his son-in-law, Greg Penner. Walton retired from Walmart's board in 2024.
He and other heirs of Sam Walton collectively own about 45% of Walmart's stock.
In 2022, a group led by Walton bought the NFL's Denver Broncos for $4.7 billion. Walton transferred controlling ownership of the team to his son-in-law Greg Penner in 2023.
Perspective on their fortune
Gold
Everyday luxury
A Rob Walton & family's fortune is equivalent to 1000 of gold, but this may be difficult to value, as we don't usually have a handful of gold bars in our piggy bank.
A standard gold ring typically weighs between 4 and 7 grams. Let's say this one weighs 5 grams. It's usually 18k gold.
Based on today's gold price (not taking into account the jeweler's fee, shipping, or anything else), that gold ring would be worth $556.3
Rob Walton & family could buy 266,631,730 gold rings. That's a lot of fingers and a lot of gifts!!
And if the number of rings is difficult to visualize, all these rings would need 48 trucks to transport them, But we can be almost certain that Rob Walton & family will have enough left over to pay for the gas for those trucks.
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Rob Walton & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a huge country
Rob Walton & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo with a population of over 105,800,000 of inhabitants for approximately 66.8 years.
But even if we compare their fortune to that of a rich country
At the other extreme, Rob Walton & family could cover the health expenditure of Luxembourg, considered the world's most heavily invested health system, for 29.5 years
Education
Buying the future
Lowest education spending
Rob Walton & family could assume the entire cost of the education system of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, with more than 243,000,000 inhabitants for 43.6 years.
Highest education spending
But not only could he assume the cost of a poor country, Luxembourg is considered the country with the highest per capita investment in education in the world, Rob Walton & family could pay for it in full for 59.3 years.
Research
The monopoly of progress
Lowest research spending
Rob Walton & family could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with more than 260,000,000 of inhabitants, for 249.7 years.
Highest research spending
But even if we compare the total wealth of Rob Walton & family with Israel, the country that currently invests the most per capita in research in the world, it could assume the total cost of the system for 5.6 years.
Financial Assets
Monthly wealth history
Fortune comparison
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