M arty Horton is the widow of Donald R. Horton, the founder of D.R. Horton, America's largest homebuilder by volume. Her husband founded the company in 1978 in Fort Worth, Texas, and built it into a housing giant that has delivered over a million homes. Following his death in 2024, Marty Horton and her family inherited a significant stake in the NYSE-listed company.
While she does not hold an executive role, her wealth is directly tied to the enduring success of the homebuilding empire her husband created. The Horton family remains the largest shareholder group in the company. Marty Horton maintains a private life in Texas, focused on family and philanthropy.
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Marty Horton is an American businesswoman and billionaire, whose wealth is generational, stemming from her share of the family's stake in D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), America's largest homebuilder.
Her late husband, Donald Horton (d. 2024), founded D.R. Horton in 1978. The company has since built more than 1 million homes across 126 markets in 36 states, recording $36.8 billion in fiscal 2024 sales.
Marty Horton's career is focused on the stewardship of the massive family fortune established by her late husband in the homebuilding industry. Her structural wealth is secured by the company's immense scale and its dominant position as America's largest homebuilder.
D.R. Horton's history is one of continuous growth, successfully building over a million homes across the country.
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Late husband Donald Horton founded homebuilder D.R. Horton.
Holds a share of the family's more than 10% stake in the business.
Marty Horton's wealth is concentrated in her family's substantial ownership of the publicly traded homebuilder, D.R. Horton.
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