Lukas Walton
Lukas Walton

FGS Global is monitoring legislation in the areas of energy, agriculture, climate and oceans on behalf of S2G Ventures of Chicago.

S2G is the investment platform of Builders Vision, which was launched and is led Lukas Walton.

He is the grandson of Sam and Helen Walton, founders of Walmart and the Walton Family Foundation.

Builders Vision invests in and col­lab­o­rates with non-prof­its, busi­ness­es, and oth­ers work­ing towards sus­tain­able solu­tions to soci­etal and envi­ron­men­tal chal­lenges.

FGS has nine staffers working the S2G Ventures push. The team includes partners Catharine Ransom (senior climate & environmental advisor to Sen. Max Baucus); Anthony Reed (chief of staff to Rep. Denny Hastert); Grant Leslie (senior advisor to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack); and Jacqlyn Schneider (deputy staff director for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry).