Alice Walton, the only female heir to the American retail chain Walmart, is the richest woman in the world and 15th in the Forbes list of this year’s Planet’s billionaires – with Ilon Musk at the top.

Walmart’s three heirs – Rob Walton (11th), Jim Walton (12th place) and Alice Walton – have a total of $ 320 billion in $ 101 billion. dollars.

In fact, he also surpassed François Betancourt Member – the heir of L ‘Oreal – who is in 20th place this year.

The 3 brothers Walton – children of Sam Woulton, founder of Walmart – at a company’s shareholders meeting in June 2012

In general, despite its wealth, the Walton family lives out of the limelight and few become known about the personal life of its members.

However, according to US media, Alice Walton has never been actively involved with Walmart’s administration but has her own professional plans and interest. The 75 -year -old billionaire spends her money on expensive artworks and horse farming.

She is a collector of works of art – her collection, which includes original works by legendary American artists such as Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and Georgia O’Kif, is now estimated at about $ 500 million, according to Business Insider.

Indeed, in 2011, she founded the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in her hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, investing $ 50 million to house her collection.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

For many years, Walton has been professionally engaged in horse farming, ranch in many US states.

In Milasap, Texas had a huge ranch – known as Rocking W Ranch – with over 250 acres of pasture and bovine and horses.

The ranch was sold in 2017 for an unknown amount – although initially for sale for $ 19.75 million, before it was reduced to 16.5 million.

In recent years, however, it has focused mainly on the arts and charity, and has invested tens of millions of dollars in real estate, buying expensive and luxurious real estate.

In terms of her political background, Walton was a traditional Republican donor.

However, in 2016 he donated $ 353,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund, a committee that supported Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and other democratic candidates.