Nancy Walton Laurie

Nancy Walton Laurie (born 1952) is the daughter of the late Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. At Bud's death, she and her sister Ann Walton Kroenke inherited a stake in Wal-Mart now worth over USD$6 billion. She married her husband, Bill Laurie, after a courtship that occurred when they both attended the University of Memphis (then known as Memphis State University). Bill Laurie was the starting guard on the Memphis State basketball team that played in the 1973 NCAA Championship game. She is president and founder of a New York City dance company called the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. She is the owner of the Columbia Performing Arts Centre, a dance studio located in Columbia, Missouri. She...