Walton family
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This article is about the Walton family, founders of Walmart. For the television program, see The Waltons.
The Walton family is an American family whose collective fortune derived from Walmart makes them the richest family in the world.[2][3][4][5]
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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) |
Titles | Founder of Walmart, richest family in the world |
Estate(s) | $US215 billion (2020)[1] |
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