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Apr 2, 2024 · The world’s richest woman for the fourth consecutive year is L’Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers. Her fortune jumped $19 billion in the past 12 months, putting her net worth at $99. ...
- Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
- Alice Walton
- Julia Koch
- Mackenzie Scott
- Jacqueline Mars
- Gina Rinehart
- Miriam Adelson
- Susanne Klatten
- Iris Fontbona
- Abigail Johnson
Country: France
Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman on the planet for the second year running. She’s the granddaughter of the founder of beauty giant L'Oréal and first appeared on the World’s Billionaires List in 2018, following the death of her mother, Liliane Bettencourt, then the world's wealthiest woman.
Country: U.S.
The daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, Alice Walton’s fortune is up by an estimated $3.5 billion over the past year thanks to rising Walmart stock. She was the world’s richest woman in 2020, but lost her spot to Bettencourt Meyers.3.
Country: U.S.
Julia Koch, the widow of conservative donor and philanthropist David Koch, and her children own a 42% stake in Koch Industries, the second-largest private company in the U.S. David’s older brother, Charles Koch, is chairman and also owns a 42% stake.
Country: U.S.
Since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has become one of the most prolific philanthropists in history. She’s donated $12.5 billion to more than 1,250 organizations in less than two years.
Country: U.S.
Mars inherited an estimated one-third of Mars Incorporated, the candy and pet food conglomerate behind M&M’s and brands like IAMS and Pedigree. The company was founded by her grandfather, Frank C. Mars, in 1911.
Country: Australia
Rinehart chairs Australian mining and agriculture company Hancock Prospecting Group, which was founded by her father Lang Hancock (d. 1992). For years, she has been embroiled in a court battle against her adult children over a family trust, which will continue until at least next year; a judge reportedly delayedtheir next court date to 2023.
Country: U.S.
The widow of Republican kingmaker and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, Miriam now owns her late-husband’s nearly 50% stake in Las Vegas Sands following his death in early 2021. Two months after Adelson died, the company agreed to sell its marquee assets in Las Vegas, including the Venetian Resort and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, for $6.25 billion in an effort to focus on the Asia market.
Country: Germany
Susanne Klatten owns about 19% of German automaker BMW, which she inherited from her mother Johanna Quandt and father Herbert Quandt, the industrialist who is credited with rescuingBMW from bankruptcy in 1959. Klatten also owns chemicals company Altana.
Country: Chile
Fontbona is the widow of Chilean magnate Andrónico Luksic, who died of cancer in 2005 after building a fortune in mining and beverages. She and her family own copper mines in Chile through Antofagasta Plc, which trades on the London Stock Exchange. They also own a majority stake in Quiñenco, a publicly-traded Chilean conglomerate that does business in banking, beer and manufacturing.
Country: U.S.
Abigail Johnson has been CEO of Fidelity Investments since 2014 after taking over for her father Ned Johnson III, who died in March. She owns an estimated 24.5% stake in the firm, which has $4.2 trillion in managed assets and was founded by her grandfather in 1946.
- Rachel Sandler
List of female billionaires. Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March or April. There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [1] Since 2021, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has ...
- Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & family. Net Worth: $80.5 Billion | Age: 69 | Source of wealth: L'Oréal | Citizenship: France. The L'Oréal heir keeps the title of the world’s richest woman, for the third year in a row, thanks to a 12% rise in the cosmetics giant’s stock since last year.
- Julia Koch & family. Net Worth: $59 Billion | Age: 60 | Source of wealth: Koch Industries | Citizenship: U.S. The widow of David Koch (d. 2019) owns 42% of conglomerate Koch Industries alongside her three adult children.
- Alice Walton. Net Worth: $56.7 Billion | Age: 73 | Source of wealth: Walmart | Citizenship: U.S. She inherited a stake in Walmart from her father, cofounder Sam Walton (d.
- Jacqueline Mars. Net Worth: $38.3 Billion | Age: 83 | Source of wealth: Candy, pet food | Citizenship: U.S. Mars and her brother, John Mars, each own an estimated one-third of candy and pet food multinational giant Mars Inc., which produces candy staples like M&M’s, Hubba Bubba and Snickers.
May 3, 2023 · Most of the n honor of Women’s History Month, we’re putting the spotlight on female billionaires. Here’s a list of the richest women in the world for 2019, ranked.world's wealthiest people ...
- Jami Farkas
There are 337 women billionaires around the globe, according to Forbes ’ latest ranking of the planet’s richest people, up from 327 in 2022. And they now command a slightly larger sliver of the billionaire population than a year ago (13%, compared to 12% in 2022).</p>
Jun 2, 2023 · A newcomer to the list of the world's richest women in 2021 was Miriam Adelson, who inherited a fortune of almost $35 billion from her late husband, Las Vegas Sands CEO and chairman Sheldon Adelson.
