Guess who we saw at lunch yesterday? Rob Walton, Wal*Mart Chairman and son of Wal*Mart founder Sam Walton. And no, he wasn't eating Wal*Mart-ey things like Twinkies and Ho-Hos.

As a matter of fact, he was dining outside with one other dude at the Veneto Trattoria Italiana in Scottsdale's Hilton Village, a delicious Italian restaurant all the Valley VIP's enjoy. The Wal*Mart exec is the 10th richest man in the world, with an estimated $19.2 billion in the bank. Maybe we should have interrupted his ravioli-fest and shmoozed a little.

April 16, 2009