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Christy Walton

1949 - Today

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Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant; born February 8, 1949) is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. In June 2005, her husband died in a plane crash, making her the main heir to his fortune of US$18.2 billion. Forbes listed Christy Walton as the richest woman in the world for several years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christy Walton has received more than 1,697,529 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Christy Walton is the 545th most popular businessperson (down from 472nd in 2019), the 8,666th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,037th in 2019) and the 201st most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 43.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Christy Walton ranks 545 out of 601Before her are Jimmy Iovine, Jamie Dimon, Shahid Khan, Güler Sabancı, Alan Eustace, and Andrey Melnichenko. After her are John Munro Longyear, Christian von Koenigsegg, Isabel dos Santos, Avram Glazer, Leo Burnett, and Michael Milken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Christy Walton ranks 506Before her are György Gedó, Aslaug Dahl, Richard Thompson, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Scott Turow, and Lori Sandri. After her are Gloria Hendry, Heini Hemmi, Flora Brovina, Artis Gilmore, Soumaïla Cissé, and Blase J. Cupich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christy Walton ranks 8,666 out of 18,182Before her are Doug Emhoff (1964), Florence Henderson (1934), John Henry Twachtman (1853), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Ed Macauley (1928), and Mavis Staples (1939). After her are Peggy Fleming (1948), Ben Lyon (1901), Lee Unkrich (1967), Jaime King (1979), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), and Donald H. Peterson (1933).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Christy Walton ranks 201Before her are Reid Hoffman (1967), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Meg Whitman (1956), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Jamie Dimon (1956), and Alan Eustace (1957). After her are John Munro Longyear (1850), Avram Glazer (1960), Leo Burnett (1891), Michael Milken (1946), Abigail Johnson (1961), and Carly Fiorina (1954).