Net worth: $34.5 billionSource of wealth: Wal-MartAge: 58 Forbes 400 rank: 6The world's richest woman. Christy Walton inherited her fortune when husband John Walton, a former Green Beret and Vietnam war medic, died in an airplane crash in 2005. The bulk of her holdings are in Wal-Mart, the massive retailer founded by her father-in-law Sam Walton and his brother James in 1962. Also owns a stake in solar panel maker First Solar. She won an award in August 2013 for producing the film "Bless Me, Ultima," based on the novel by Rudolfo Anaya, considered the father of Chicano literature.
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