List of female billionaires
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 inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are "self-made" and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and "self-made" wealth as of 2017.[2]
2023 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023[update], are:[1]
No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 74.8 | France | L'Oréal | 1 | |
2 | Julia Koch | 12 April 1962 | 59 | United States | Koch industries
|
17 | |
3 | Alice Walton | 7 October 1949 | 56.7 | United States | Walmart | 21 | |
4 | Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 38.3 | United States | Mars, Inc.
|
31 | |
5 | Miriam Adelson | 10 October 1945 | 35 | Israel / United States | Las Vegas Sands | 35 | |
6 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | 1944 or 1945 (age 79–80) | 31.2 | Italy | Mediterranean Shipping Company | 43 | |
7 | Susanne Klatten | 28 April 1962 | 27.4 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 51 | |
8 | Gina Rinehart | 9 February 1954 | 27 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 52 | |
9 | MacKenzie Scott | 7 April 1970 | 24.4 | United States | Amazon.com
|
60 | |
10 | Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.1 | Chile | Antofagasta plc | 65 |
2022 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022[update], are:[3]
No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 74.8 | France | L'Oréal | 14 | |
2 | Alice Walton | 7 October 1949 | 65.3 | United States | Walmart | 18 | |
3 | Julia Koch | 12 April 1962 | 60 | United States | Koch industries
|
21 | |
3 | MacKenzie Scott | 7 April 1970 | 43.6 | United States | Amazon.com
|
30 | |
5 | Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 31.7 | United States | Mars, Inc.
|
41 | |
6 | Gina Rinehart | 9 February 1954 | 30.2 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 46 | |
7 | Miriam Adelson | 10 October 1945 | 27.5 | Israel / United States | Las Vegas Sands | 50 | |
8 | Susanne Klatten | 28 April 1962 | 24.3 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 56 | |
9 | Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 22.8 | United States | Antofagasta plc | 67 | |
10 | Abigail Johnson | 19 December 1961 | 21.2 | United States | Fidelity Investments | 75 |
2021 list
In January 2021, CEOWORLD Magazine announced that if her family's wealth is included in her total fortune, then
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021[update], are:[5]
No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 73.6 | France | L'Oréal | 12 | |
2 | Alice Walton | 7 October 1949 | 61.8 | United States | Walmart | 17 | |
3 | MacKenzie Scott | 7 April 1970 | 53 | United States | Amazon.com
|
22 | |
4 | Julia Koch | 12 April 1962 | 46.4 | United States | Koch industries
|
27 | |
5 | Miriam Adelson | 10 October 1945 | 38.2 | Israel / United States | Las Vegas Sands | 36 | |
6 | Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 31.3 | United States | Mars, Inc.
|
48 | |
7 | Yang Huiyan | 20 July 1981 | 29.6 | Cyprus[6] | Country Garden Holdings
|
50 | |
8 | Susanne Klatten | 28 April 1962 | 27.7 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 53 | |
9 | Gina Rinehart | 9 February 1954 | 23.6 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 70 | |
10 | Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.5 | Chile | Antofagasta plc | 74 |
2020 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020[update], are:[7]
No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alice Walton | 7 October 1949 | 65.9 | United States | Walmart | 12 | |
2 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 65.4 | France | L'Oréal | 13 | |
3 | MacKenzie Scott | 7 April 1970 | 62.3 | United States | Amazon | 17 | |
4 | Julia Koch | 12 April 1962 | 44.9 | United States | Koch industries
|
24 | |
5 | Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 28.9 | United States | Mars, Inc.
|
38 | |
6 | Yang Huiyan | July 20, 1981 | 27.3 | Cyprus[6] | Country Garden Holdings
|
43 | |
7 | Susanne Klatten | 28 April 1962 | 23.9 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 54 | |
8 | Laurene Powell Jobs | 6 November 1963 | 19.9 | United States | Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company | 67 | |
9 | Zhong Huijuan | 1961 (age 62–63) | 18.8 | China | Hansoh Pharmaceutical | 70 | |
10 | Gina Rinehart | 9 February 1954 | 16.1 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 103 |
See also
- Forbes list of billionaires
- Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
- The Giving Pledge
References
- ^ a b Lopez Gomes, Gabriela (2023-04-04). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
- ^ Brinded, Lianna (2018-05-18). "There are more female billionaires in the world, mostly thanks to inheritance". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ Sandler, Rachel (2022-04-05). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
- ^ "Ranked: The World's Richest Women, 2021". 19 January 2021.
- ^ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ a b "China's richest woman buys EU citizenship with 'golden passport'". Taiwan News. August 26, 2020.
- ^ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.