Rob Walton vs. Michael Bloomberg
Who will win?
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Name Rob Walton |
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Net worth
๐ฐ $64.6B |
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Born October 27, 1944 (age 79) |
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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 Michael Bloomberg |
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Net worth
๐ฐ $104.7B |
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Born February 14, 1942 (age 82) |
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Education |
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Source Bloomberg LP |
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Industry Technology |
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In 2018, Bloomberg pledged $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University, his undergraduate alma mater, adding $1.5 billion he had already given the school. As a teenager, Bloomberg worked at an electronics company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.