Waltons High on Forbes List
by March 23, 2009 12:00 am 83 views
The Walton clan claimed four of the top 15 spots on Forbes’ most recent listing of the world’s billionaires.
Jim Walton came in at No. 11 with a worth of $17.8 billion. Alice Walton, Rob Walton and Christy Walton tied for the No. 12 spot with net worth of $17.6 billion each.
Johnelle Hunt, the widow of J.B. Hunt, was listed with a worth of $1.5 billion as recently as September 2008 but did not make the list of billionaires.
Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. were trading for around $36 per share in September but have declined more than 36 percent since and closed at $23.43 on March 18.
Hunt sold around $62 million worth of JBHT stock in December and is the largest shareholder in the company with 31 million shares, or around 24 percent.