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2. Apr. 2024 · By Samantha Kroontje, Contributor. W omen occupy a small but growing slice of Forbes’ World Billionaires list. This year 369 out of 2,781 billionaires or 13.3% are women, up from 337 in 2023,...
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.
5. Apr. 2022 · 1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. Net worth: $74.8 billion. Source of wealth: L'Oréal. Country: France. Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman on the planet for the second year running.
- Rachel Sandler
- Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & Family
- Julia Koch & Family
- Alice Walton
- Jacqueline Mars
- Miriam Adelson & Family
- Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
- Susanne Klatten
- Gina Rinehart
- Mackenzie Scott
- Iris Fontbona & 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. Besides pledging $230 million together with L'Oréal for Notre Dame Cathedral’s reconstruction, she recently hired a managing director for her investment firm, Téthys Invest, where she backs projects like French private hospital operator Elsan.
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. Koch oversees the David H. Koch Foundation, through which she and her late husband have donated approximately $1.8 billion to causes like poverty, addiction-related issues, criminal justice and education. In January, she was appointed as a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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. 1992). She’s well known in the family’s home state of Arkansas for opening the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in their hometown of Bentonville, featuring works from the likes of Warhol, Rockwell and Rothko.
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. The company was founded by her grandfather, Frank C. Mars, in 1911.
Net Worth: $35 Billion | Age:77 | Source of wealth: Casinos | Citizenship: U.S.
Adelson is the majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands, the world's largest casino operator. She inherited the stake after her husband, longtime Republican Party kingmaker Sheldon Adelson, died in 2021. A medical doctor, she has given nearly $1 billion over her lifetime to fund medical research and drug discovery, according toForbes estimates.
Net Worth: $31.2 Billion | Age:78 | Source of wealth: Shipping | Citizenship: Italy
Aponte-Diamant joins the top 10 richest women in the world this year, as Forbes revamped its valuation of MSC, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, which she cofounded with her husband Guianluigi in 1970 with one ship. Rafaela and Gianluigi were previously listed together; in 2023, Forbes listed them as individual billionaires as part of a broad overhaul of how we categorize shared wealth.
Net Worth: $27.4 Billion | Age:60 | Source of wealth: BMW, pharmaceuticals | Citizenship: Germany
Susanne Klatten owns 19% of German automaker BMW. Her mother was the third wife of legendary industrialist Herbert Quandt, who guided BMW to preeminence in the luxury market. Klatten, an economist with an M.B.A., also owns Altana, a chemicals company founded by her grandfather.
Net Worth: $27 Billion | Age:69 | Source of wealth: Mining | Citizenship: Australia
The Australian magnate chairs mining and agriculture company Hancock Prospecting Group. She inherited the business from her father Lang Hancock (d. 1992). Her fortune has dropped by 11% since March in 2022, largely due to falling iron ore prices, but she remains the wealthiest person in Australia.
Net Worth: $24.4 Billion | Age:52 | Source of wealth: Amazon | Citizenship: U.S.
She inherited 4% of Amazon following her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos–and has set about giving it away at a breakneck pace. So far she has donated more than $14 billion to some 1,600 charities through her Yield Givingorganization.
Net Worth: $23.1 Billion | Age:80 | Source of wealth: Mining | Citizenship: Chile
The wealthiest woman in Latin America, Fontbona is the widow of Chilean tycoon Andrónico Luksic (d. 2005), who built an empire in mining and beverages. Together with her two sons, she owns and chairs Antofogasta plc, a Chile-based mining company specializing in copper production, and holds a significant stake in Quiñenco, a publicly traded holding company that does business in manufacturing, banking and beverages.
5. Feb. 2024 · As of March 15, 2024, with a net worth of roughly $99.8 billion, L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman in the world, followed by Alice Walton (No. 2, $73.1 billion), Julia Koch (No. 3, $64.3 billion); and Jacqueline Mars (No.4, $38.5 billion).
16. März 2024 · Wealth of Women: An Analysis. Most of the billionaire women in the world in 2023 have retained their position as the richest women in the world in 2024. Among the wealthiest individuals in...
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).
