Top 10 richest women in the world.
There’s no denying some women have been making huge fortunes
all over the world. The number of women billionaires is on the rise.
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Number 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
She is 67 years old. Bettencourt Meyers is the daughter of Liliane Bettencourt
and Eugene Schueller, the latter founded the cosmetics brand, L'Oréal. She inherited
her weerved on the alth from her late mother. While the cosmetic giant's profits fell
six per cent in 2020 due to the pandemic, the stock still rose to 38 per cent a year after.
The French billionaire has sboard of L’Oréal since 1997. She donated US$266 million to repair
Notre Dame in Paris after a fire severely damaged it. Her net worth is $73.6 billion.
Number 2 Alice Walton
Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, waits onstage during the annual
Walmart shareholders meeting event on June 1, 2018 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The shareholders week brings thousands of shareholders and associates from around the world
to meet at the company's global headquarters. Walton was previously the world's richest woman
and while she lost the top spot to Bettencourt Meyers, Walton still gained US$7.4 billion last
year. Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart and the heir to its fortune.
During the pandemic, the company's stock rose more than five per cent since mid-March 2020.
They then launched free delivery as part of an Amazon Prime-like membership program.
This helped boost online sales such as much as 69 per cent.
Her net worth is $61.8 billion, and she is 71 years old.
Number 3 MacKenzie Scott
She is 50 years old. Scott, whose marriage to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ended in 2019, became
the biggest philanthropist of the pandemic, giving away $5.8 billion in grants to 500 nonprofit
organizations across the U.S., supporting causes including racial equity, LGBTQ+ rights and public
health. She recently remarried, and her husband, science teacher Dan Jewett, joined her 2019 pledge
to give away much of her fortune. Her Net worth is US$53 billion.
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Number 4 Julia Koch
American socialite and philanthropist Julia Koch is the widow of David Koch,
whom she inherited her fortune from when he died in 2019.
Koch and her children currently have a 42 per cent stake in the family business, Koch Industries,
America's largest private company per revenue last year. Koch serves on the
board of directors of the billion-dollar conglomerate while David's older brother,
Charles serves as chairman. She is 58 years old and from USA. Her Net worth is US$46.4 billion.
Number 5 Miriam Adelson
Adelson now controls the 56% stake in casino operator Las Vegas Sands
that was formerly owned by her husband, Sheldon Adelson, who died at age 87 in January
Although Adelson is still one of the richest women in the world,
the company lost US$985 million in the second quarter of 2020 as the casinos and resorts had
to shut down due to lockdowns. It reopened in June 2020 but still reported a US$1.69
billion in net loss which is a far cry from its US$2.7 billion profit the previous year.
She is 75 years old and her net worth is US$38.2 billion.
Number 6 Jacqueline Mars
American heiress Jacqueline Mars and her brother John each own about one-third of Mars
Incorporated. The US$40 billion-dollar candy, pet care and food company is known for M&M's
and Skittles, which was founded by the Mars sibling's grandfather, Frank C. Mars in 1911. She
is 81 years old and lives in the United States. Her Net worth is US$31.3 billion.
Number 7 Yang Huiyan
Yang also chairs Bright Scholar Education Holdings,
a Chinese education company that went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2007.
She is 39 years old and belongs to China. Her Net worth is US$29.6 billion.
Number 8 Susanne Klatten
German billionaire heiress, Susanne Klatten is the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt,
the former being a German industrialist who is known for saving luxury vehicles company,
BMW from the point of bankruptcy. Thanks to BMW's recovery from a slump earlier in the pandemic,
US$10.9 billion was added to Klatten's fortune. The company also reported nearly US$119 billion in
revenues in 2020 while its stock price increased more than 93 per cent since Mid-March 2020.
The BMW heiress inherited a 12.50 per cent stake following her father's death
which now totals to 19.2 per cent after her mother's passing in 2015.
Besides her wealth from the German carmaker, she also inherited her late father's
50.1 per cent stake in pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturer, Atlanta.
Her Age is 58 and she has Net worth US$27.7 billion.
Number 9 Gina Rinehart
Australian mining magnate and heiress, Gina Rinehart is also Australia's richest person.
She is 67 years old. She currently serves as the executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting,
a privately owned mining and agricultural company that her father, Lang Hancock founded. The company
was affected during the pandemic but have since been recovering which helped boost Rinehart's
estimated 77 per cent stake in the company. Her Net worth is US$23.6 billion.
Number 10 Iris Fontbona
After falling out of the list in 2020, Chilean billionaire Iris Fontbona is rejoining the list
of top 10 richest women this year. Fontana is the widow of Andrónico Luksic, who served as
the chairman of Quiñenco, a holding of Luksic Group, one of Chile's largest conglomerates.
Fontbana also owns a majority stake in Quiñenco. But other than that, she and her children control
Chilean mining company Antofagasta which reported US$5.1 billion in
sales in 2020. She is 78 years old Her Net Worth is US$23.3 billion.
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