Lukas Walton

Lukas Walton is the only child of John T. Walton (1946–2005) and his wife Christy Walton. He grew up in National City, California, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.[1] His father, John T. Walton, died in a plane crash in 2005. Following his father's death, he moved with his mother to Jackson, Wyoming.[2]

When he was three years old, Walton was diagnosed with a rare kidney cancer, and his mother attributed his recovery to a plant-based remedy from her garden.[3]

He has a bachelor's degree in environmentally sustainable business from Colorado College, where he graduated in 2010.[1][4]

He went on to work at True North Venture Partners.[5]

Walton works for the Walton Family Foundation. He is the environment program committee chair for the Walton Family Foundation.[2]

In 2020, Walton gave $5,600 to the Biden campaign and $142,000 to the Democratic National Committee.[6]

As of 2021, Lukas Walton is ranked 127th in the Forbes annual list of the world's billionaires.[7]

He lives in Jackson, Wyoming[8] and Chicago.[9] As of September 2020, he was listed as the richest person in the state of Illinois.[9]

He is married to Samantha Walton,[10][11][12] who is listed as the co-president with Lukas Walton in the Builders Initiative, which is a Walton family foundation.[13]