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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chairman Rob Walton speaking during the 2015 shareholders' meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
Public Companies / Retail

Mile-High Net Worth Puts Walmart Heir Atop NFLLock Icon

And there’s another owner with strong Arkansas ties in the top 10 of richest football owners. read more >
A demonstration of View Inc.'s dynamic windows.
Construction / Energy / Public Companies

$26M Windows Add Up to Greener Glass at Walmart HQLock Icon

Walmart’s new headquarters campus in Bentonville is being fitted with $26 million worth of dynamic glass. read more >
Rob Walton, Jim Walton and Alice Walton present the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the 2019 Walmart shareholders meeting in Fayetteville.
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Arkansas’ Top Stockholders: 2020 Very Good for Walton Family Fortune

Arkansas’ richest family has had a good year financially. The heirs of Sam Walton own publicly traded stock valued collectively at more than $205 billion. read more >
Alice Walton, founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Art Bridges
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Media & Marketing

Arkansas’ Waltons Among Forbes’ Top 12 Richest

Only one Walton family member was in the top 10 of Forbes magazine's list of the country's 400 richest people, and she doesn’t live in Arkansas. read more >
David Glass
Public Companies / Retail / Tourism

Former Walmart Exec David Glass Dies at 84

David Dayne Glass, who served as president and CEO of Walmart Inc. from 1988 to 2000, died Jan. 9. He was 84. read more >
Rob Walton, Jim Walton, Alice Walton and Greg Penner presenting the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the 2019 Walmart shareholders meeting June 7 at Bud Walton Arena.
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Top Stockholders in Arkansas Buoyed by Runup in Markets

It’s been almost two years since Arkansas Business listed the state’s top stockholders based on the value of publicly disclosed stock. Since then, the Walton family’s fortune — the part disclosed publicly — has increased by more than $20 billion. read more >
Jim Walton
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Investments

Waltons Among Forbes’ Top 20 Richest

The Walton family has fallen out of the top 10 of Forbes magazine's list of the country's 400 richest people. read more >
James Corden took some good-natured jabs at Wal-Mart executives during Friday's shareholders meeting.
Public Companies / Retail

With James Corden on Stage, Wal-Mart Event Part Business, Part Roast

Friday's Wal-Mart shareholders meeting at times felt more like a roast thanks to "The Late Late Show" host James Corden. read more >
Jim, Rob and Alice Walton at the 2015 Wal-Mart annual meeting in Fayetteville.
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Walton Family Members Give Away $407M in Shares

Sam Walton's three surviving children have given about $407 million worth of stock in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to a nonprofit organization founded by their family. read more >
Jim Walton
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Investments

Forbes List of Richest People for 2015 Includes 10 with Arkansas Ties

The list once again is led by Microsoft's Bill Gates. Wal-Mart heir Jim Walton leads a group of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state included on the list. read more >
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Greg Penner Named Wal-Mart’s 3rd Chairman at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

A new chairman, a mobile consumer, a Hollywood hostess from the South and Rod Stewart. Inside Wal-Mart's 2015 shareholders' meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. read more >
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chairman Rob Walton speaking during the 2015 shareholders' meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
Public Companies / Retail

Update: Rob Walton To Step Down as Chairman of Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart says board Chairman Rob Walton will step down and be succeeded by Vice Chairman Greg Penner, who is Walton's son-in-law. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, has been chairman since 1992. The company says the 70-year-old will continue to serve as a director. Jim Walton, another son of the late founder, also remains on the board. read more >
Alice Walton
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Nine Billionaires with Arkansas Ties Make Forbes 500 List

Nine billionaires with Arkansas ties find themselves on the most recent Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people, released this week. read more >
Retail

Tom Horton Named to Wal-Mart Board of Directors

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has named Tom Horton, former chairman and CEO of American Airlines, to its board of directors. read more >
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom at the Sixth Annual Chrunchies Awards last year in San Francisco. Photo via TechCrunch under Creative Commons License.
Public Companies / Retail

Instagram CEO Joins Wal-Mart Board of Directors

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville said Monday that Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram, has joined its board of directors. read more >
Sam Dean, executive director of the Amazeum, gives a tour of the grounds. Workers place beams on the grounds of the Amazeum. | (Photos by Beth Hall)
Construction / Education / Media & Marketing

$21.5M Children’s Museum ‘Amazeum’ Taking Shape in Bentonville

The Amazeum, billed as an interactive children’s museum, isn’t scheduled to open until 2015, but after years of planning it is at least beginning to take physical shape. read more >
Musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. hosted Friday's annual meeting.
Investments / Public Companies / Real Estate

Wal-Mart’s Doug McMillon: Online Sales, Stores Make Customer Experience Better

Wal-Mart's newly anointed CEO Doug McMillon said the world's largest retailer's task is to bring the changing world of e-commerce together with physical stores to help make customers' shopping experience better as technology evolves. read more >
Headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville
Legal / Public Companies / Retail

Wal-Mart Fires Back at ISS, Which Criticized Its Board

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, fired back at a prominent proxy advisory firm that critiqued the company's executive pay plan and how it's handled an overseas bribery probe. read more >
Nonprofits / Tourism

$10M Walton Family Grant Fuels Amazeum Capital Campaign

A $10 million matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation is fueling a $28.5 million capital campaign for the Amazeum, a planned interactive family museum to be located near Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. read more >
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Forbes 400 List of Richest People Includes 10 with Arkansas Ties

The 2013 Forbes 400 list of the country's richest people includes 10 with close Arkansas ties. Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton leads the list of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state. read more >