Top 10 Richest Women In The World
By Sofia
Recently, there are many protests and hastings around regarding the woman rights and feminism. Now, things have gotten much better than they used to be in the past. Many women are successful and more established compared to men. Women’s accomplishments keep increasing every year in different fields.
Some established and successful women made their name in the top 10 list of richest women globally. While most of them are self-made billionaires, all of them worked hard to achieve this success. Are you curious to find out who is the richest woman in the world? Here is everything you need to know given below.
Top 10 Richest Women In The World
These are the hard-working and inspiring women who made their name in the top 10 list. There is a total of 328 women on the list of richest women. The valuation of their wealth is around US$1.53 trillion increased more than 60 percent from the last year. Here check out the list of the top 10 richest women given below.
1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
Here is your answer to “who is the richest woman in the world?” With a total net worth of US$73.6 billion, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers wears the crown of being the richest woman in the world. She is from France, and her current age is near 67. She is the daughter of Eugene Schueller and Liliane Bettencourt.
They founded a cosmetic brand named L’Oreal, which is very popular now. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers inherited the assets and wealth from her father and mother. Although the percentage of the cosmetic brand fell more than 6 percent in 2020 due to the pandemic, still the stock increased by 38 percent.
2. Alice Walton
The second richest woman in the world is Alice Watson from the USA. She was in the top position in the previous years but lost it to Betancourt Meyers. However, she is not much fast away to get the top position again with US$61.8 billion net worth at the age of 71.
Walton gained more than US$7.4 billion in the last year. She is the daughter of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart. During the pandemic, the stock of Walmart increased nearly five percent. In addition, the free delivery subscription program helped to boost their sales a lot.
3. MacKenzie Scott
MacKenzie Scott takes the 3rd position in this list with US$53 billion net worth. She is 50 years old and known to be the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. This couple’s divorce was the most expensive in the world until recently Bill Gates and Melinda Gates divorced.
She is an award-winning author who is famous for giving away US$5.8 billion to nearly 500 NGOs in The U.S. During the divorce, she got more than 25% of Jeff Bezos’s stake of Amazon as a part of the settlement and became the richest woman in the world.
4. Julia Koch & Family
With nearly US$46.4 billion, Julia Koch comes at the 4th position on this list. She is a philanthropist and an American socialite. Also, very popular as the widow of David Koch, who was co-owner of Koch Industries. After he died in 2019, she inherited all the wealth and assets.
At the age of 58, Jula Koch and her children have more than a 42% stake in the company. Based on revenue, Koch industries was the largest company last year. Now, the chairman of the company is the older brother of David, Charles Koch.
5. Miriam Adelson
Next comes to the list the wife of the late businessman Sheldon Adelson, Miriam Adelson. Her husband was the chairman and founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. After he died, she inherited the wealth of her husband.
She is the owner of more than a 56% stake of the casino operator. Due to lockdown, the resorts and casinos had to shut down their business at the end of 2020. The company faced a loss of US$985 million, but Adelson is still the richest woman in the world.
6. Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars comes in 6th place as the richest woman in the world. She and her brother own more than one-third of the famous company Mars Incorporated. The net worth of Jacqueline Mars is more than $31.3 billion.
The company was founded by Jacqueline and their grandfather named Frank C. Mars. The company is known for Skittles, M&M’s, and others. Her age is now nearly 81 years, and still making her way to this list.
7. Yang Huiyan & Family
Yang Huiyan is the 7th richest woman in the world. Her net worth is nearly $29.6 billion at the age of 39. She owns more nearly 58% of Country Garden Holdings, a real estate development company in China.
Since 2007, however, the share fell more than 14% because of the pandemic. Her father, Yeung Kwok Keung, has increased her overall wealth by transferring equity since 2007.
8. Susanne Klatten
Do you want to know who is the richest woman in the world in the 8th spot? It is none other than the German billionaire Susanne Klatten. She is the daughter of Johana Quandt and Herbert Quandt. He was a German industrialist famous for saving the BMW company from Bankruptcy.
During the recent recovery of BMW after the pandemic, nearly US$10.9 billion was added to Klatten’s wealth. Also, she got her wealth from chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacture’s stake of 50.% that she inherited from her father.
9. Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart is known as the mining magnet of Australia. She is also the wealthiest person in Australia and executive chairman of the famous company Hancock Prospecting.
Although the company was very severely affected by the pandemic, it is recovering. It already boosted the overall wealth and made her the 9th richest woman in the world.
10. Iris Fontbona
Last but not least, can you guess who is the richest woman in the world at the end of this list? Yes, Iris Fontbona is back in the list of top 10 after going out of the list last year. This Chilean billionaire made her comeback on the list at the age of 78 with more than US$23.3 net worth.
She is the wife of the late chairman of Quinecnco company, Andronico Luksic. Quinenco is one of the largest companies in Chile. However, she also controls the Antofagasta, a mining company in chile, with her children.
Conclusion
This is the list of the top 10 wealthiest women in the world. Please go through the content to learn more about them and their current net worth in the market.
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