| Carrie Walton Penner | |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1970 |
| Education: | Georgetown University Stanford University |
| Known For: | Walton family fortune, charter schools |
| Boards: | Charter School Growth Fund KIPP Foundation Alliance for School Choice Stanford University[1] |
| Spouse: | Greg Penner |
| Children: | 4 |
| Parents: | S. Robson Walton |
Carrie Walton Penner (born August 12, 1970) is the granddaughter of Sam Walton the founder of Walmart,[2] and the daughter of former company chairman S. Robson Walton.[3]
Walton Penner is an influential figure in the charter school movement.[2] [4] [5] She also serves as an owner of the Denver Broncos.[6] [7]
She attended private school at The Governor's Academy in Newbury, Massachusetts.[8] She graduated prep school in 1988,[8] and then went to Georgetown, and studied economics and history.[8] In the mid-1990s, she was involved in education issues and earned a master's degree in Education Policy and Program Evaluation at Stanford University.[8]
Walton-Penner has been the education program committee chair for the Walton Family Foundation,[8] an evaluator for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and served internships at the Rockefeller Foundation,[8] Aaron Diamond Foundation,[8] and Academy for Educational Development.[8] She was also a research analyst for an evaluation of the Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers for Woodside Research Consortium.[8]
On August 9, 2022, the NFL owners approved the purchase of the Denver Broncos by the Walton-Penner group (consisting of Walton Penner, her husband Greg, S. Robson Walton, Condoleezza Rice, Mellody Hobson, and Sir Lewis Hamilton).[9] In her role, she is actively engaged with Broncos ownership and executives on all matters related to the organization.[10]
Walton-Penner is married to Greg Penner, who was named the Chairman of Walmart in 2015.[5] They met while attending Georgetown University as undergraduates. They have four children and live in Atherton, California.[5] [11]
She is on the board of KIPP Foundation,[8] Alliance for School Choice,[8] Stanford University[12] and Charter School Growth Fund.