Alice Walton

The healthcare system at some level is broken.

This mutual friend in Arkansas, Alice Walton, speaks about the fact that it's not a healthcare system, it's a sick care system.

And so when you go down this path, you find partners like Ariana, like Alice, like others, who can say, you know what, let's all come together.

Because we can't do it as an individual company.

And so he said, I'm taking matters in my own hands.

and changing how I eat and how I sleep.

And he's been a friend for years, so I've evangelized.

And

Wealth begets wealth.

Just ask Alice Walton, who again ranks as the nation's richest woman on the annual Forbes 400 list, her fourth straight year at the top, and 11th out of the past 12.

The only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, who died in 1992, she is $12 billion richer than a year ago.

The increase in her wealth comes on the back of a 10% hike in the retailer's stock amid e-commerce and membership growth and the expansion of ultra-fast delivery service.

Rob Walton retired from Walmart's board in 2024 after more than four decades as a director, including more than 20 years as chairman.

Jim Walton still chairs the family's $26 billion in assets, Arvest Bank Group.

Alice Walton's path to becoming America's wealthiest woman began in 1953, when her shop owner father shrewdly gave 80% of his ownership of the family holding company to his children nine years before opening the first Walmart, sidestepping a huge future estate tax bill.

Alice graduated from Trinity University in Texas in 1971 with a business administration degree.

Yeah

... like, Alice Walton airport, they own the hotels, the restaurants, like-

Art, like an art museum and stuff too, right?

Yep.

There are 62 women on the 2026 Forbes 400, or around 16% of the list, the same number as last year.

The richest woman in America remains Alice Walton, the only daughter of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton, who died in 1992.

She's worth $118 billion and ranks number 13 on our list.

Shares of the retailing giant are up more than 10% since last year, helping Walton widen her lead over the nation's second wealthiest woman, Julia Koch, an heir to the Koch Inc. conglomerate fortune.

You know what they do? They invest.

They invest in medical schools, Alice Walton.

They invest in women's health, Melinda Gates.

They give money away to charitable organizations, MacKenzie.

Walmart's got so much money.

Alice Walton's never worked a day in her life.

She's the richest woman in the world.

Now, I'm not saying she's never worked a day in her life.

Walmart's got so much money.

Alice Walton's never worked a day in her life.

She's the richest woman in the world.

Now, I'm not saying she's never worked a day in her life.