Alice Walton, the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton (d. 1992), is used to being the wealthiest woman on the annual
#Forbes400 ranking of the richest Americans—she’s held the title now for 10 of the past 11 years. But for the first time ever, she’s worth more than $100 billion on the list. It’s the first time The Forbes 400 has featured a woman centibillionaire.
Thanks to the retail giant’s soaring stock price, Walton’s fortune has jumped by nearly $17 billion over the past year, to an estimated $106 billion. Read more at the link in the bio. (Illustration by Neil Jamieson for Forbes)