June 27, 2005 | Bentonville, Ark. --

Wal-Mart heir John Walton, son of company founder Sam Walton, died Monday in Wyoming plane crash, according to the company.

Walton, 58, was piloting the ultralight that crashed shortly after takeoff from the Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, the company said.
In 2005, Forbes Magazine listed him as 11th on its list of the world's richest people. He was tied with his brother Jim, one place behind his bother Rob and one place ahead of his sister Alice and his mother Helen.