2005年6月27日对于美国零售业大鳄沃尔玛公司来说可谓灾难日。公司董事会成员之一约翰·沃尔顿当天在怀俄明州坠机事故中丧生。身为沃尔玛创始人山姆·沃尔顿的次子,约翰在2005福布斯全球富豪榜上名列第11位,身价高达182亿美元。约翰是沃尔玛的主要股东,持有1200万股沃尔玛股票,他还与家族成员联合拥有沃尔玛公司17亿股股票。1992年 June 27, 2005 Wal-Mart, the US retail giants, is a disaster day. John Walton, one of the company’s board members, died in a plane crash in Wyoming on that day. As the second son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, John ranked 11th in the 2005 Forbes Global Rich List, worth as much as 18.2 billion U.S. dollars. John is a majority shareholder of Wal-Mart, holds 12 million Wal-Mart shares, and he also co-owns 1.7 billion shares of Wal-Mart with family members. 1992