Alice Walton Biography
Alice Walton was born in Newport, Arkansas in 1949, studied at Trinity University and founded the Crystal Bridges Museum, which opened in 2011 12.
Born in Newport, raised in Bentonville
Alice Louise Walton was born on 7 October 1949 in Newport, Arkansas, the fourth and last child of Sam and Helen Walton, after Rob, John and Jim 2. She grew up in Bentonville, the Arkansas town where Walmart began, and Wikipedia records that she earned a bachelor's degree at Trinity University 1.
Walmart and Wall Street
In 1979 she worked for Walmart as a buyer and then moved to E.F. Hutton as an options trader. That year the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused her of making unsuitable option trades, according to Bloomberg 3.
Walton Enterprises
She manages Walton Enterprises, the holding company through which the family owns a majority stake in Walmart, alongside her brothers Rob and Jim 7.
Crystal Bridges
Walton founded the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. It opened in November 2011 and she chaired its board until 2021, when the chair passed to Olivia Walton, the wife of her nephew Tom 56.
Later projects
She has since started the Art Bridges Foundation, the Heartland Whole Health Institute and the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine 6.