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Name
Rob Walton
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Net worth
💰 $64.6B
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Born
October 27, 1944 (age 80) |
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Education
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Source
Walmart
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Industry
Retail
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Rob Walton, who has a law degree from Columbia University, helped Walmart prepare for its IPO in 1970. His daughter Carrie Walton Penner sits on the board of the Walton Family Foundation, which his parents set up on Walmart's 25th anniversary in 1987.
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Name
Jeff Bezos
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Net worth
💰 $204.4B
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Born
January 12, 1964 (age 61) |
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Education
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Source
Amazon
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Industry
Technology
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Growing up, Bezos worked summers on his grandfather's ranch repairing Caterpillar tractors. Bezos met Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 and managed to become one of the company's first angel investors, putting in an estimated $250,000.