The Heirs to the Walmart Fortune Just Made $5 Billion in One Day

The five members of the Walton family who are the main heirs to the [f500link]Walmart[/f500link] fortune saw their collective net worths increase by $5 billion yesterday, Bloomberg reported.

Walmart shares rose 4.5% after the announcement on Tuesday that projected the company's U.S. e-commerce sales would increase 40% in the next fiscal year. Rob, Jim, Alice, Christy, and Lukas Walton saw their combined net worths climb to $140 billion as a result of the increase in the company's stock price.