Jim C. Walton

The youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton heads the family's private businesses, including Arvest Bank and Community Publisher. With his two surviving siblings and the estates of his late mother and brother, Sam Walton's heirs control a stake that now stands at about 47 percent. Jim Walton owns almost 347 million shares.

Jim C. Walton News

Schools Hit by Morality of Wal-Mart Guns Funding Charity

Since the Academy of New Media Middle School in Columbus, Ohio, opened in 2011, it has scraped by, with its principal cleaning toilets and a math teacher pressed into service as school nurse. Only $250,000 in gifts from the Walton Family Foundation keeps the 85-student charter school alive.
Portugal Billionaire Sells Lollipops, Champagne in Poland

In 2003, Luis Amaral bought Eurocash SA, a Warsaw-based grocery business, for 120 million Polish zlotys ($30 million). The operation was losing money. Competitors were taking market share. Its owner, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA, the Lisbon-based retail operation controlled by billionaire Alexandre Soares Dos Santos, wanted nothing to do with it.
Billionaires Worth $1.9 Trillion Seek Advantage in 2013

The richest people on the planet got even richer in 2012, adding $241 billion to their collective net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 100 wealthiest individuals.
The World’s 200 Richest People

Bloomberg Markets’ inaugural list of the world’s richest people showcases the billionaires who pull the levers on the global economy. Their net worth totals $2.7 trillion, about the size of the gross domestic product of France, the fifth-biggest economy on the planet.
CNN’s Walton to Resign, Saying Network Needs ‘New Thinking’

CNN President Jim Walton, who presided over the once-dominant cable-news business as it lost viewers to Fox News, will resign after almost a decade in the job, saying the network needs “new thinking.”
Zucker Is Said to Be Close to Taking Top Job at CNN

Jeff Zucker, former chief executive officer of NBC Universal, is close to taking the top job at Time Warner Inc.’s Cable News Network, three people with knowledge of the situation said.
Zucker Vows Program Shakeup at CNN Stressing News Roots

Jeff Zucker, the former NBC Universal chief who was named to lead Time Warner Inc.’s CNN yesterday, said the network needs to broaden its news coverage and keep viewers longer to compete with Fox News and MSNBC.
World Billionaires Gain $5 Billion, Led by Amazon’s Bezos

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos saw his fortune rise by $2.72 billion yesterday to $21.2 billion, highlighting a week in which the world’s 40 richest people added $5.4 billion to their collective wealth.
CNN Names Ex-NBC Chief Jeff Zucker as President

Time Warner Inc.’s CNN named Jeff Zucker as its next president, turning to the former head of NBC Universal to lead a comeback bid at the global news network.
CNN President Klein Leaving as Cable Network Loses Viewers to Fox, MSNBC

CNN, the 24-hour cable news channel owned by Time Warner Inc. , is replacing Jon Klein as head of the U.S. network with HLN’s Ken Jautz after losing viewers to competitors such as Fox News.