The Waltons, long reserved and discreet about their fortune, are stepping out as never before. Sixty years after the founding of Walmart, the clan is pouring money into a range of new pursuits, with the apparent aim of making money — and having some fun trib.al
For the fourth year in a row, the Waltons top the list of the world’s richest families with a net worth of $224.5 billion. That’s almost $14 billion less than 13 months ago as soaring inflation whittles down Walmart’s margins and dissuades shoppers trib.al
They’re hardly alone in seeing their fortune shrink: The world’s 25 wealthiest families are collectively worth $1.5 trillion, a $143 billion decline from last year in a sharp reversal of the upsurge in riches that typified the pandemic era trib.al
The list excludes first-generation billionaires and isn’t definitive. Some widely-dispersed family fortunes, such as the Rockefellers’, are too difficult to track trib.al