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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

He has a bachelor's degree in environmentally sustainable business from Colorado College, where he graduated in 2010.[2][5]

He went on to work at True North Venture Partners.[6]

Walton works for the Walton Family Foundation. He is the environment program committee chair for the Walton Family Foundation.[7]

In 2020, Walton gave $5,600 to the Biden campaign and $142,000 to the Democratic National Committee.[8]

As of 2020, Lukas Walton is ranked 44th in the Forbes' annual list of the world's billionaires.[9]

He lives in Jackson, Wyoming[10] and Chicago.[11] As of September 2020, he was listed as the richest person in the state of Illinois.[11]