If you thought men controlled all the money in the world, think again...
More likely than not, you haven't heard about the wealthy women on this list.
In today's video, we will go over the 15 Richest Self-Made Women in the USA, so make sure you
watch until the end if you want to be surprised at how big of a fortune these women have.
All of these self-made Billionaires have created their wealth,
so you won't be seeing anyone that inherited vasts amounts of money in our special list.
Now, let's get started with... Number 15: Sheryl Sandberg $1.9 Billion
Sheryl has served as COO at Facebook since 2008 and has been primarily focused on helping drive up
the social media firm's advertising revenue. You could think she's doing a good job,
as they increased by over 20% in the last year, topping $84 billion in revenue!
Number 14: Peggy Cherng: $2 Billion Peggy is the co-founder and co-CEO of
Panda Express. A famous Chinese fast-food chain, which has over 2200 locations across the world. In
1982 she left her engineering career to help her husband Andrew open up their first location in LA.
Since then, she has never looked back. Number 13: Elaine Wynn: $2.2 Billion
Also known as the "Queen of Las Vegas," Elaine Wynn became the largest shareholder of Wynn
Resorts back in 2018. She started working in his father's Maryland bingo establishment until she
and her husband moved to Las Vegas. They founded Mirage Resorts in 1973
and Wynn Resorts in 2002. Number 12: Oprah Winfrey: $2.7 Billion
Oprah needs no introduction, period! But in case you don't know who she is,
she indeed comes from nothing. In 1986 she started her talk show for which she negotiated
ownership rights. Since then, her small talk show has transitioned into a media empire.
Number 11: Alice Schwartz: $2.9 Billion With just $720 in savings, Alice and her
husband David started up Bio-Rad Laboratories back in 1952!
Bio-Rad now sells over 10,000 life science and clinical research products posting revenues over
$2.3 billion annually. This has allowed Alice to amass a fortune of nearly $3 Billion.
Number 10: Doris Fisher: $2.9 Billion Doris is the one who founded the clothing
retailer GAP back in 1969 with her (now deceased) husband. The exciting part of
this story is that they founded GAP - after they couldn't find clothes to fit him.
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this is about to get more interesting! Number 9: Gail Miller: $3.2 Billion
The numbers are getting bigger, and Gail, with her (now deceased) husband Larry, turned a lonely
Toyota dealership into a monster $5.3 Billion in sales across 64+ dealerships in 2020.
Did anyone say Japanese cars would never sell in the US? Well, they are wrong.
Number 8: Lynda Resnick: $4 Billion We've now the $4 Billion mark with Lynda.
She is the marketing genius behind the Wonderful Company (a food conglomerate)
and has annual sales of over $5 Billion. Number 7: Thai Lee: $4.1 Billion
Thai is CEO of the International IT Provider SHI International,
which has over $11 Billion in annual sales and over 20k customers. When we say customers, we're
talking companies such as Boeing and AT&T! Number 6: Johnelle Hunt: $4.1 Billion
Johnelle's story is a crazy one. Johnelle and her (now deceased) husband sold everything they owned,
took loads of loans in 1961, and started a packaging and transportation business named J.B.
Hunt. A few years later, they bought five trucks and seven trailers - fast forward to now, they are
now pushing $10 Billion in annual sales. Have you seen anything so far that has blown
your mind? I am sure you have, but in case you haven't, keep watching because
this is about getting super-wealthy. Number 5: Marian Ilitch: $4.4 Billion
Marian and her (now deceased) husband Mike founded Ceasers Pizza back in 1959. It may
only sound like a corner pizzeria, but it is now a pizza chain turning over $4 Billion in sales!
Number 4: Judy Love: $5.2 Billion The LOVE is growing here; Judy and her
husband Tom opened their first little gas station in a place you've never heard of
Watonga, Oklahoma, back in 1964. They had to use a 5 thousand dollar loan from her in-laws.
Fast forward, and today they have a chain of 550+ stores in 41 different states
with revenue of over $20 Billion. Number 3: Meg Whitman: $6.3 Billion
Meg is known fr being the genius who took eBay from $5 million in sales to
$8Billion in sales during her role as CEO from 1998 to 2008. She then transitioned to Hewlett
Packard before working with other giants. Number 2: Judy Faulkner: $6.5 Billion
Judy is a computer programmer who founded America's leading
medical-record software provider, Epic, from a Wisconsin basement in 1979.
Epic provides support for over 250 million patients across the USA.
Judy has committed to giving back 99% of her assets to a charitable foundation.
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DOUBLE the amount of wealth as number 2 Number 1: Diane Hendricks: $11 Billion
Diane is the Queen of the Self-Made Billionaire Women. She is the Chair of ABC Supply,
one of the wholesale distributors of roofing, siding, and Windows supplies.
The company has over 800 Branch locations and is now pushing $12billion in annual revenues.
With that, we have come to the end of our list. Which of these self-made billionaires is the
most impressive to you? Did you get inspired by any of them?
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