Lukas Walton

Lukas Walton was born in Southern California to John Walton, the second son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, and Christy Walton.⁠[1][2]

He attended Colorado College, where he designed his own major in environmentally sustainable business, and graduated in 2010 with a degree in environmental science and economics; he later studied energy efficiency and hydrological and geothermal energy in Iceland.⁠[1][3]

In 2005 John Walton died in the crash of a homemade ultralight aircraft. Lukas Walton received about one third of his father’s estate, while his mother, Christy Walton, received about one sixth; he also inherited his father’s 20% interest in Walton Enterprises.⁠[2][3]

He owns stakes in WalmartWalmartWalmart is an American retailer founded by Sam Walton in 1962, with businesses spanning physical retail, membership warehouse clubs, e-commerce and related services. Its businesses include Walmart and Sam’s Club, and it has expanded into other markets through international investments; its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker WMT.Open the full entry and in the family’s Arvest Bank Group, but does not work for either company.⁠[2]

In 2014 Walton started S2G Ventures to invest in startups focused on energy, agriculture and the oceans.⁠[4]

Walton’s impact-investing and philanthropy platform was formed under a different name in December 2017 and renamed Builders Vision LLC on November 18, 2020; Builders Vision’s website gives 2018 as its founding year.⁠[1][5]

Builders Vision’s website went live on October 12, 2021. Walton was then its chief executive; the Chicago-based organization had about 60 employees and focused on food and agriculture, healthy oceans, community, and climate and energy, with its Builders Initiative supporting organizations through grant making and impact investing; it committed $2 billion to philanthropy between 2019 and 2021.⁠[1]

On October 27, 2021, Builders Private Capital started a $300 million clean energy fund. Walton said Builders Vision’s work “is about the organizations and people on the ground who are innovating and pursuing solutions that we desperately need.”⁠[1]

On May 2, 2024, S2G Ventures began operating independently of Builders Vision. For the previous three years it had sat under Builders Vision with Walton as its sole limited partner; on becoming independent it began bringing in other investors, with a portfolio of more than 100 companies.⁠[4]

S2G was formerly a division of Builders Vision; its personnel now operate S2G Investment Advisers, LLC, an independent entity that Builders Vision does not control.⁠[5]

ForbesForbesForbes is an American business media brand that began with Forbes magazine, founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917. It is known for rankings such as the Forbes 400, the World’s Billionaires list and 30 Under 30, and operates Forbes.com, ForbesLive events and licensed editions in 81 countries. Since 2014 a majority stake has been held by the Hong Kong investment group Integrated Whale Media; a 2021 plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange through a special purpose acquisition company was terminated in 2022. It is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.Open the full entry’ real-time billionaires ranking estimated Walton’s net worth at $49.1 billion as of October 30, 2026, ranking him No. 38 in the world that day; Forbes lists the source of his wealth as Walmart. He lives in Chicago. Forbes estimates that Builders Vision has distributed more than $3 billion since its 2021 launch.⁠[2]

Walton sits on the board of the Walton Family Foundation and chairs its environment program committee; he also chairs the Walton Conservation Coalition.⁠[1][3]

He recalled that “one of the first grants that we did back in the day was help to develop a sustainable fisheries label.”⁠[3]

Builders Vision: Official website: https://www.buildersvision.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[5]