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World's Richest Family Loses $19 Billion in Walmart Wipeout

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Leroy N. Soetoro

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May 18, 2022, 1:37:27 PM5/18/22
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(Bloomberg) -- The Walton family fortune tumbled almost $19 billion on
Tuesday after Walmart Inc. slashed its profit outlook.

Walmart, controlled by the family, fell 11% in New York trading after the
Bentonville, Arkansas-based company reported earnings that lagged
analysts’ estimates. Soaring inflation heaped pressure on the retailing
giant’s profit margins in the first quarter, testing the company’s
appetite to raise prices.

Read more: Walmart Slides After Cutting Profit Forecast on Rising Costs

The family’s late patriarch, Sam Walton, centered the business around a
discount ethos that has in the past helped buoy its stock during
recessionary times. Walton’s three surviving children, Alice, Jim and Rob,
daughter-in-law Christy and Christy’s son, Lukas, own just under half the
retailer, giving them a combined net worth of about $212 billion,
according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The family, which owns its stake through various trusts, has stepped up
its stock sales in recent years. They unloaded $6.2 billion in shares last
year, which the company has said is part of a strategy to keep the
family’s stake under 50% amid buybacks.

Those disposals have helped the Waltons accumulate significant wealth
outside their Walmart stake. An investment firm for the family invests
mostly in low-cost exchange-traded funds and held about $5.1 billion in US
stocks and ETFs at the end of the first quarter.

That’s armed them with ample funds for acquisitions. Rob Walton is said to
be bidding for the Denver Broncos, the first National Football League team
to be up for sale in four years. It’s expected to sell for more than $4
billion.



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May 18, 2022, 2:20:15 PM5/18/22
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