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Alice Walton
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Newport (en) Fassara, 2 Oktoba 1949 (75 shekaru)
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Mazauni Mineral Wells (en) Fassara
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi Sam Walton
Mahaifiya Helen Walton
Ahali S. Robson Walton (en) Fassara, John T. Walton (en) Fassara da Jim Walton (en) Fassara
Karatu
Makaranta Trinity University (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a entrepreneur (en) Fassara, philanthropist (en) Fassara da art collector (en) Fassara
Kyaututtuka
alicewalton.org
hoton alice

Alice Louise Walton (an Haife ta Oktoba 7, 1949) magajiyar Amurka ce ga arzikin Walmart a matsayin 'yar wanda ya kafa Sam Walton. A cikin Satumba 2016, ta mallaki sama da dala biliyan 11 a cikin hannun jarin Walmart.[1] Tun daga Nuwamba 2023, Walton yana da darajar dala biliyan 71, wanda ya sa ta zama mutum na 17 mafi arziki kuma mace ta biyu mafi arziki a duniya a cewar Bloomberg Billionaires Index, bayan Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.[2]

Rayuwata farko da ilimi

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An haifi Walton a Newport, Arkansas.[3]Ta girma tare da ƴan uwanta guda uku a Bentonville, Arkansas, kuma ta sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Bentonville a 1966. Ta sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Trinity a San Antonio, Texas, tare da B.A. a fannin tattalin arziki.[4] [5]

Walton a taron Walmart Shareholders na 2011 A farkon aikinta, Walton ma'aikaciyar bincike ce kuma mai kula da kuɗi na Kamfanin Kasuwanci na Farko[6] kuma ta jagoranci ayyukan saka hannun jari a Rukunin Bankin Arvest. Ta kasance dillali ga EF Hutton.[7] A cikin 1988, Walton ya kafa Kamfanin Llama, bankin saka hannun jari, inda ta kasance shugaba, shugaba, kuma Shugaba.[8] [9]

Walton shi ne mutum na farko da ya shugabanci Majalisar Arkansas ta Arewa maso Yamma kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen bunkasa filin jirgin sama na yankin Arewa maso Yamma, wanda aka bude a shekarar 1998.[10] .A lokacin, 'yan kasuwa da shugabannin jama'a na Majalisar Arkansas ta Arewa maso Yamma sun sami bukatar dala miliyan 109 na filin jirgin sama a yankin su na jihar.[11] Walton ya ba da dala miliyan 15 a cikin tallafin farko don gini, kuma Kamfanin Llama ya yi yarjejeniya da dala miliyan 79.5.[12] Hukumar Kula da Filin Jirgin Sama ta Arewa maso Yamma ta Arkansas ta amince da gudummawar Walton don ƙirƙirar filin jirgin kuma ta sanya wa tashar tashar tashar Alice L. Walton Terminal Building.[13] An shigar da ita cikin Babban Taron Fame na Arkansas a cikin 2001.[14]

Walton da mahaifiyarta sukan zana kalar ruwa a tafiye-tafiyen zango.[15] Farkon fasahar da Walton ya saya ita ce bugu na Picasso's Blue tsirara lokacin da take da shekaru goma; ya kashe mata alawus na sati 5.[16] Siyan kayan zane na kayan tarihi na farko na Winslow Homer masu launin ruwan ruwa ne a ƙarshen 1980s.[17]

A cikin Disamba 2004, Walton ya sayi fasaha da aka sayar daga tarin Daniel da Rita Fraad a Sotheby's, a New York.[18]A cikin 2005, Walton ya sayi zanen bikin Asher Brown Durand, Kindred Spirits, a cikin wani hatimin gwanjon da aka yi masa na dalar Amurka miliyan 35.[19] Zanen 1849, girmamawa ga mai zanen makarantar Hudson River Thomas Cole, Julia Bryant, 'yar mawaƙin Romantic kuma mawallafin jaridar New York William Cullen Bryant, an ba shi zuwa ɗakin karatu na Jama'a na New York a 1904. Kole.[20] Ta kuma sayi ayyukan masu zanen Amurka Winslow Homer da Edward Hopper, da kuma wani sanannen hoton George Washington na Charles Willson Peale, [21] a shirye-shiryen buɗe gadar Crystal.[22] A cikin 2009, Walton ya sami "Rosie the Riveter" na Norman Rockwell akan dala miliyan 4.9.[23]

Alice Walton ita ce ta 20 mafi girma na mutum mai ba da gudummawa ga kwamitoci 527 a zaɓen shugaban ƙasar Amurka na 2004, ta ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka miliyan 2.6 ga ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na ci gaban Amurka.[24] Tun daga Janairu 2012, Walton ya ba da gudummawar $200,000 don Maido da Makomar Mu, babban PAC mai alaƙa da yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Mitt Romney.[[25] Walton ya ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka $353,400 ga Asusun Nasara na Hillary, kwamitin haɗin gwiwa da ke tallafawa Hillary Clinton da sauran 'yan Democrat, a cikin 2016.[26]

A cikin 2016, Walton ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 225 a cikin jimlar $407 miliyan daga Walmart magada ga Walton Family Holdings Trust, wanda ke ba da gudummawar taimakon iyali.[27]

Walton ya kafa Gidauniyar Alice L. Walton a cikin 2017.[28] [29] Gidauniyar tana haɓaka fasaha, ilimi, lafiya, da haɓaka damar tattalin arziki.[30]A cikin 2020, kafuwar ta ba Jami'ar Central Arkansas dala miliyan 3 don tallafawa shirinta na fasaha mai kyau.[31] A waccan shekarar, gidauniyar ta kuma ba da tallafin dala miliyan 1.28 ga Jami’ar Arkansas don ilimin kimiyyar likitanci don faɗaɗa shirinta don samar da abinci mai kyau a makarantu.[32] A cikin 2022, gidauniyar Walton ta ba da tallafin dala miliyan 3.5 ga Bankin Abinci na Northwest Arkansas: Dala miliyan 3 don tallafawa gina cibiyar rarraba abinci, da $500,000 don siya da rarraba abinci.[33]

Rayuwa ta sirri

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Walton ya auri fitaccen ma'aikacin banki na Louisiana a 1974 yana da shekaru 24. An sake su bayan shekaru biyu da rabi. A cewar Forbes, ta auri "dan kwangilar da ya gina tafkin ruwa" ba da daɗewa ba, "amma su ma, sun rabu da sauri" [34] [35] [36]

Walton ya shiga cikin hadurran mota da yawa, daya daga cikinsu ya mutu. Ta rasa iko da wata motar haya ta Jeep a lokacin taron dangin godiya na 1983 kusa da Acapulco kuma ta fada cikin wani rafi, ta farfasa mata kafa. An dauke ta daga Mexico kuma an yi mata tiyata fiye da dozin biyu; tana fama da jin zafi daga raunin da ta samu.[37]

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