Alice Walton, the youngest child of Sam Walton and heiress to the Walmart fortune, has surpassed L'Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers as the world's wealthiest woman, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.As of Sept. 3, Ms. Walton is worth $96.9 billion for the first time, according to the index, a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people across industries.

根据彭博社（Bloomberg）亿万富翁指数，山姆·沃尔顿（SamWalton）最小的孩子、沃尔玛（Walmart）财富继承人爱丽丝·沃尔顿（AliceWalton）已超过欧莱雅（L'Oréal）女继承人弗朗索瓦·贝登古尔·梅耶斯（FrancoiseBettencourtMeyers）成为世界最富有女性。根据该指数，截至9月3日，沃尔顿的身价首次达到969亿美元。该指数是各行业全球500位最富有人群的每日排名。

She is No. 17 on the index while Ms. Bettencourt Meyers is No. 19 with a total net worth of $90.6 billion.Ms. Walton's change in net worth — up $26.9 billion year to date — comes as Walmart's shares have surged more than 40% so far in 2024, according to Fortune. Ms. Walton sits behind her two brothers Rob Walton and Jim Walton, at $97.6 billion and $99.9 billion, respectively. According to Fortune, Ms.

贝当古·梅耶斯（BettencourtMeyers）排名第17，而贝当古·梅耶斯（BettencourtMeyers）排名第19，总净值为906亿美元。据《财富》杂志（Fortune）报道，沃尔顿女士的净资产发生了变化，今年迄今已达到269亿美元。与此同时，沃尔玛的股价在2024年迄今已飙升逾40%。沃尔顿女士坐在她的两个兄弟罗布·沃尔顿和吉姆·沃尔顿后面，分别拥有976亿美元和999亿美元。据《财富》杂志（Fortune）报道。

Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to reach a total net worth of $100 billion late last year and held the title of world's wealthiest woman for a few months. If Ms. Walton passes the $100 billion mark, she'll join other centibillionaires such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.Ms. Walton's philanthropic work includes healthcare.

Bettencourt Meyers成为去年年末第一位总净值达到1000亿美元的女性，并连续几个月蝉联世界最富有女性的头衔。如果沃尔顿女士超过1000亿美元大关，她将加入其他亿万富翁的行列，如埃隆·马斯克、比尔·盖茨和沃伦·巴菲特。沃尔顿女士的慈善工作包括医疗保健。

For example, the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, which was financed by Ms. Walton's nonprofit Whole Health Institute, plans to admit its first cohort into the four-year medical degree program in 2025, subject to accreditation approval.Thomas Frist Jr., MD, who co-founded Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare with his father in the 1960s, remains the wealthiest individual in the healthcare sector on the Bloomberg index, with a total net worth of $34.2 billion..

例如，由沃尔顿女士的非营利性整体健康研究所资助的爱丽丝·L·沃尔顿医学院计划在2025年将其第一批学生纳入四年制医学学位课程，但需获得认证批准。医学博士托马斯·弗里斯特（Thomas Frist Jr.）于20世纪60年代与父亲共同创立了总部位于田纳西州纳什维尔的HCA Healthcare，他仍然是彭博社指数（Bloomberg index）上医疗保健行业最富有的人，总净值为342亿美元。。