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Apr 5, 2022 · America still leads the world, with 735 billionaires worth a collective $4.7 trillion, including Elon Musk, who tops the World’s Billionaires list for the first time. China (including Macau and ...
- 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.
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Oct 5, 2021 · After deducting $1.3 billion of his assets that have been frozen, Forbes estimates his net worth at $4.7 billion. The youngest newcomer is 29-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried ...
Aug 8, 2023 · Although women’s way into business, and, therefore, to self-made wealth seems to remain much more restricted than their access to inherited wealth (Edlund and Kopczuk Citation 2009; Keister, Lee, and Yavorsky Citation 2021; Yavorsky et al. Citation 2019; Yavorsky, Keister, and Qian Citation 2020), women who built their fortunes themselves experienced significant progress and seemed to close ...
Jun 2, 2023 · The Forbes Billionaires List reveals who the world's richest people are but also how the wealth of the superrich is distributed among the sexes. According to the list, there are only 14 women ...
There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [1] Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman. According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of ...
May 29, 2024 · These self-made stars sold out stadiums, broke records and saw their fortunes surge in the past year. It was a record-breaking year for the rich and famous on Forbes’ 2024 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women: The 15 celebrities on the 100-person list are worth a combined $13.3 billion, up 23% from last year, and include a who’s who of pop stars, TV hosts and producers, from Beyonce ...
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