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Christy Ruth Walton (née Christy Ruth Tallant,〔〔 born February 8, 1949) is an American philanthropist. She is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. She is the world's leading female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth. In June 2005, she inherited her husband's fortune of billion following his death in a plane crash. Walton is now the 2nd richest woman in the world. According to ''Forbes'', she is the 6th richest person in the United States, and the 8th richest person in the world, .〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=December 1, 2013 )〕 ''Forbes'' reported that she was the richest woman in the world for eight years running, and still held the title in March 2015.〔 , she and her family (not including her two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law) had an estimated net worth of $36.7 billion,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/andreanavarro/2014/03/03/the-worlds-richest-women-2014/ )〕 the bulk of which comes from her shares in Walmart, but also from First Solar, in which her husband invested. ==Philanthropy== Profiled by Condé Nast Portfolio magazine in The Giving Index, she is ranked as the highest female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth. At a then estimated $16.3 billion net worth, she contributed a total of $3.5 million cumulatively between 2002 and 2006.〔( Christy Walton ). Faces of Philanthropy, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 Non-profit organizations in which Walton is actively serving include the national association of trustees and staff, corporate giving officers, and individual donors of The Philanthropy Roundtable. The San Diego Natural History Museum, where she is a board member, as well as the San Diego Zoological Society and the Mingei International Museum are also institutions to which she makes donations.〔 In 2006, Walton donated her own old Victorian home which was built in 1896 for former National City, California postmaster Oliver Noyes and is of historical significance, to the International Community Foundation - Center for Cross-Border Philanthropy. Since her donation, she has endowed $4 million towards the edifice's preservation.〔 Additionally, she supports her family's own charitable foundation, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which prioritizes education and benefits institutions of higher education such as the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and several other colleges, community trusts, universities and foundations. In 2007, her family's foundation donated as much as $1.6 billion.〔 ''Variety'' reported on March 2, 2009〔Wal-Mart's Walton books film debut () retrieved December 30, 2011〕 that Christy Walton had set up a production company called Tenaja Productions to finance a film adaptation of ''Bless Me, Ultima,'' a popular Chicano coming of age novel. Filming wrapped in Santa Fe, New Mexico in late 2010.〔(FIND Talent Guide )〕 The film premiered at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas on September 17, 2012〔María Cortés González, ("'Bless Me, Ultima' premiere in El Paso is Plaza Theatre's first in 63 years" ), ''El Paso Times'', September 18, 2012.〕 and received a general release in February 2013.〔Ana Gershanik, ("Sarah DiLeo of New Orleans produces first film, 'Bless Me, Ultima,' opening Feb. 22" ), ''Times-Picayune'', February 21, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christy Walton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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