Who owns Walmart now?
It is a publicly traded family-owned business (the largest such business in the world), as the company is controlled by the Walton family. The Walton family’s wealth is majority held through the investment holding company Walton Enterprises. As of December 2014, the Waltons collectively owned 50. Walmart. In 2018, the family sold some of their company’s stock and now owns just under 50%.