50 Richest Women in the World
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We all know Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates are among the richest person in the world.
But they all are men. So, what about women? Who are the richest women in the world, and how rich are they?
When we compare the current scenario with the previous one, we can see good changes where women are much more active and have managed to keep their names among men.
Although no women have their names among the “top ten richest people in the world,” they certainly have made their way among billionaires.
The world’s richest woman ranks at No. 11 among the richest people in the world. We’ve come up with a list of the richest women in the world.
Let’s let started…..
Quick Overview
| S.No | Name | Net Worth | Rank |
| 1. | Denise Coates | $6 billion | 50 |
| 2. | Meg Whitman | $6.1 billion | 49 |
| 3. | Rahel Blocher | $7.1 billion | 48 |
| 4. | Ronda Stryker | $7.2 billion | 47 |
| 5. | Tamara Hughes Gustavson | $7.4 billion | 46 |
| 6. | Sandra Ortega Mera | $7.5 billion | 45 |
| 7. | Cheng Xue | $7.62 billion | 44 |
| 8. | Pamela Mars-Wright | $8 billion | 43 |
| 9. | Valerie Mars | $8 billion | 42 |
| 10. | Marijke Mars | $8 billion | 41 |
| 11. | Pauline MacMillan Keinath | $8.1 billion | 40 |
| 12. | Victoria Mars | $8.2 billion | 39 |
| 13. | Elizabeth Johnson | $8.25 billion | 38 |
| 14. | Christy Walton | $8.3 billion | 37 |
| 15. | Jian Jun | $8.5 billion | 36 |
| 16. | Nancy Walton Laurie | $8.5 billion | 35 |
| 17. | Liz Mohn | $8.63 billion | 34 |
| 18. | Wang Laichun | $8.7 billion | 33 |
| 19. | Lu Zhongfang | $8.72 billion | 32 |
| 20. | Magdalena Martullo-Blocher | $8.9 billion | 31 |
| 21. | Isolde Liebherr | $9.21 billion | 30 |
| 22. | Tatyana Bakalchuk | $9.29 billion | 29 |
| 23. | Zhao Yan | $9.4 billion | 28 |
| 24. | Marie-Hélène Habert | $9.5 billion | 27 |
| 25. | Blair Parry-Okeden | $9.6 billion | 26 |
| 26. | Diana Hendricks | $10.8 billion | 25 |
| 27. | Antonia Ax: son Johnson & family | $11.1 billion | 24 |
| 28. | Shu Ping | $11.2 billion | 23 |
| 29. | Sherry Brydson | $12.5 billion | 22 |
| 30. | Zhou Qunfei | $12.6 billion | 21 |
| 31. | Zhong Huijuan | $13.1 billion | 20 |
| 32. | Wu Yajun | $13.1 billion | 19 |
| 33. | Kirsten Rausing | $14.4 billion | 18 |
| 34. | Beate Heister | $14.8 billion | 17 |
| 35. | Fan Hongwei | $14.9 billion | 16 |
| 36. | Savitri Jindal | $15.4 billion | 15 |
| 37. | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken | $17.1 billion | 14 |
| 38. | Sara Mota de Larrea | $17.6 billion | 13 |
| 39. | Iris Fontbona | $20.5 billion | 12 |
| 40. | Elaine T. Marshall | $21.1 billion | 11 |
| 41. | Susanne Klatten | $21.7 billion | 10 |
| 42. | Laurene Powell Jobs | $22.3 billion | 9 |
| 43. | Yang Huiyan | $26.3 billion | 8 |
| 44. | Abigail Johnson | $27.8 billion | 7 |
| 45. | Gina Rinehart | $28.8 billion | 6 |
| 46. | Jacqueline Mars | $48.5 billion | 5 |
| 47. | MacKenzie Scott | $56.6 billion | 4 |
| 48. | Julia Flesher Koch | $61.1 billion | 3 |
| 49. | Alice Walton | $64.6 Billion | 2 |
| 50. | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | $90.9 billion | 1 |
Richest Women
The information and details has been compiled from various sources on the web including Wikipedia, Celebrity Net Worth, and Forbes.
#50. Denise Coates
Net Worth: $6 billion
Born: 26th September 1967
Nationality: United Kingdom
Denise Coates is a self-made billionaire who is also a co-CEO of Bet365, an online gambling company.
She launched the company in 2001 as an online betting site, and it later grew to be one of the world’s largest gambling platforms.
As a result, she became one of the richest women in the world. Coates initially started her career as an accountant and later chose the path to become a businesswoman.
#49. Meg Whitman
Net Worth: $6.1 billion
Born: 4th August 1956
Nationality: United States
Margaret Cushing Whitman is a self-made billionaire, an American businesswoman, and the CEO of many well-known companies.
Meg was the person behind eBay’s sales hike, taking it from $5.7 billion in sales to $8 billion in sales.
Margaret currently serves as the CEO at Hewlett-Packard and Quibi. Similarly, she is a board member of Procter & Gamble and General Motors.
#48. Rahel Blocher
Net Worth: $7.1 billion
Born: 18th October 1976
Nationality: Switzerland
A Swiss businesswoman with an astonishing net worth of $7.1 billion, Rahel Blocher rose to riches along with her sister.
The sisters are the largest shareholders of EMs-Chemie, which is a Swiss polymer and chemical producer.
Rahel also sits on the board of her father’s Schweizer Musikinsel Rheinau Foundation.
#47. Ronda Stryker
Net Worth: $7.2 billion
Born: 1954
Nationality: United States
Ronda Stryker is a director of a medical equipment company, Stryker Corp., which was founded by her grandfather, Homer Stryker.
She owns 6% of Stryker Corp, and she is the only one of her siblings to serve on the board.
Ronda is also active in charity work. She and her husband pledged $20 million to the Harvard Medical School department.
The couple also donated $30 million to Spelman College.
#46. Tamara Hughes Gustavson
Net Worth: $7.4 billion
Born: 1961
Nationality: United States
Tamara Hughes Gustavson is the daughter of B. Wayne Hughes, the founder and the chairman of Public Storage, a self-storage company.
She owns 11% of the total share in Public Storage which makes her the largest shareholder of the company.
Likewise, Tamara is also a member of the board of the USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research.
#45. Sandra Ortega Mera
Net Worth: $7.5 billion
Born: 19 July 1968
Nationality: Spanish
When Sandra Ortega Mera’s mother died, she inherited a 7% stake in Inditex, a Spanish multinational textile company.
Sandra’s mother Rosalía Mera was the daughter of Amancio Ortega Gaona.
Currently, Sandra is the second-richest person in Spain after her father.
#44. Cheng Xue
Net Worth: $7.62 billion
Age: 51 Years
Nationality: Chinese
Cheng Xue is the vice-chairman of soy sauce maker Foshan Haitian Flavoring and Food, China’s largest soy sauce maker.
The food producer makes more than 200 different varieties of food, including Oyster sauce, vinegar, chicken stock, and oil.
Cheng Xue holds a 9% stake in the company, which was restructured from a collective company to a limited company.
#43. Pamela Mars-Wright
Net Worth: $8 billion
Born: 1960
Nationality: United States
Are you familiar with the brewing company Heineken International? Well, Pamela is a supervisory board member of Heineken.
Currently, she is the family ambassador to the Mars pet care division. The company makes various products including, Milky Way, Dove, and Skittles.
#42. Valerie Mars
Net Worth: $8 Billion
Born: 20th January 1959
Nationality: United States
Valerie Mars is one of Pamela Mars’s sisters. She is also an American businesswoman and billionaire.
She inherited an 8% stake in Mars Inc.
Valerie is also a senior vice president and head of corporate development for Mars Inc.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University.
#41. Marijke Mars
Net Worth: $8 billion
Born: 1965
Nationality: United States
Marijke Mars is the youngest of all four Mars sisters. However, she holds about an 8% stake in Mars Inc., making her one of the billionaires and richest women on the planet.
Marijke’s great-grandfather Frank Mars founded the candy company Mars Incorporated, and she serves as the company’s board of directors.
#40. Pauline MacMillan Keinath
Net Worth: $8.1 billion
Born: July 31st, 1934
Nationality: United States
Pauline MacMillan Keinath owns a whooping 13% stake in the largest food company in the United States, Cargill, making her the largest shareholder.
She is the great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill.
She was the richest woman in the United States in 2014.
As of now, the family still owns roughly 90% share in Cargill.
The company was founded in 1865 by William Cargill in Iowa, and since then, it has grown to become the largest privately held company in the United States.
#39. Victoria Mars
Net Worth: $8.2 billion
Born: 28th July 1965
Nationality: United States
Victoria Mars is a former chair of Mars Inc. She, along with her three sisters, are an heiress to the family’s giant candy company.
She inherited an 8% stake in Mars Inc in 2016.
Before being appointed as a chair of Mars Inc., she served as Assistant Brand Manager for Milky Way, followed by Export Manager.
#38. Elizabeth Johnson
Net Worth: $8.25 billion
Born: 6th December 1941
Nationality: United States
Elizabeth Johnson is the daughter of Ned Johnson, who is the founder of Fidelity Investments (a financial services company).
She owns a 5.56% stake in FMR (Fidelity Management and Research Company).
Apart from that, Elizabeth owns a 250-acre equestrian property in Wellington and homes in Boston and Cape Cod.
#37. Christy Walton
Net Worth: $8.3 billion
Born: 8th February 1949
Nationality: United States
Christy Walton is closely related to Walmart. Sam Walton was a businessman and the founder of Walmart Inc. and Sam’s Club.
Christy Walton is the widow of John T. Walton, son of Sam Walton. When John died in a plane crash, she became the main heiress to his wealth of $18.2 billion.
Her current net worth is $8.3 billion.
#36. Jian Jun
Net Worth: $8.5 billion
Age: 57 Years
Nationality: China
Jian Jun is a self-made billionaire and the chairwoman of IMEIk Technology Development, a company that makes skin products.
First, Jian worked for the state-owned China National Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corp, and then she chose to start her own business.
#35. Nancy Walton Laurie
Net Worth: $8.5 billion
Born: 15th May 1951
Nationality: United States
Nancy Walton Laurie is an American businesswoman and a philanthropist.
She is an heiress to Walmart’s fortune, which is the source of her wealth.
She is the youngest daughter of Bud Walto, who was the brother and business partner of Walmart’s founder Sam Walton.
Additionally, Walton actively donates to a good cause.
In 2001, Nancy and her husband donated $25 million to the University of Missouri and $10 million to the University of Memphis.
#34. Liz Mohn
Net Worth: $8.63 billion
Born: 21st June 1941
Nationality: German
Liz Mohn’s family founded Bertelsmann, a German multinational mass media corporation.
The company is active in the media field, including publishing, record label, broadcasting, and film production.
She and her children hold 19% of the stake of the company.
#33. Wang Laichun
Net Worth: $8.7 billion
Born: 1967
Nationality: China
Wang Laichun is a self-made billionaire and businesswoman.
She is the founder of Luxshare Precision, the industry engaged in the research, development, production, and distribution of computer and electronic connectors.
She currently has a net worth of $8.7 billion.
#32. Lu Zhongfang
Net Worth: $8.72 billion
Age: 78 Years
Nationality: China
Lu Zhongfang is a Chinese businesswoman and the founder of Offcn Education Technology, a private institution that gives training to more than 1 million teachers and public servants.
She is indeed a self-made billionaire. Offcn also owns a hotel in the Eastern Chinese city of Nanjing.
#31. Magdalena Martullo-Blocher
Net Worth: $8.9 billion
Born: 13th August 1969
Nationality: Swiss
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher is a Swiss billionaire, politician, and businesswoman.
She is the majority shareholder and Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors as well as Delegate of the Board of Directors for Ems-Chemie Holding AG.
Blocher is also involved in politics, following the footstep of her father. She was elected as a national councilor in the parliament of Switzerland.
#30. Isolde Liebherr
Net Worth: $9.21 billion
Born: 1949
Nationality: Swiss
Isolde Liebherr joined her father, Hans Liebherr’s business, in 1976 after getting a degree in management from the Business School of Mannheim.
The company, Liebherr Group, first produced a mobile tower crane and hydraulic excavator and then grew into an equipment manufacturing giant.
#29. Tatyana Bakalchuk
Net Worth: $9.29 billion
Born: 16th October 1975
Nationality: Russian
Tatyana Vladimirovna Bakalchuk is a Russian entrepreneur of Korean ethnicity.
She became a self-made billionaire after she founded Wildberries, which is the largest Russian online retailer.
Initially, she started her career as an English teacher after graduating from Kolomna University. And then she molded her career in a whole different shape.
#28. Zhao Yan
Net Worth: $9.4 billion
Age: 54 Years
Nationality: China
Zhao Yan is the chairperson of Bloomage Biotechnology that produces hyaluronic acid.
It is an ingredient that is used in the making of anti-aging skin creams, for example, wrinkle repair cream, eye cream, night cream, etc.
She is one of the top 30 richest women in the world.
Yan is not only a businesswoman but also has an interest in real estate, finance, and sports.
#27. Marie-Hélène Habert
Net Worth: $9.5 billion
Age: 56 Years
Nationality: France
Marie-Hélène Habert inherited a fortune from her father, Serge Dassault, after his demise in 2018.
Marie Habert holds a stake in Groupe Dassault, the Paris-based company that controls military jet planemaker Dassault Aviation.
Habert is one of Serge’s four children.
Currently, Marie serves as the conglomerate’s communication and partnership director.
#26. Blair Parry-Okeden
Net Worth: $9.6 billion
Born: 1952
Nationality: United States
Blair Parry-Okeden inherited her fortune from her mother. When her mother, Barbara Cox Anthony, died, her share was transferred to Blair.
She owns a 25% stake in Cox Enterprises, which was founded by her grandfather, James M Cox, in 1898.
The company owns cable TV firm Cox Communications and provides service to its customers.
The chairman of the company is her own brother, Jim Kennedy.
#25. Diane Hendricks
Net Worth: $10.8 billion
Born: 1947
Nationality: United States
Diane Hendricks is the co-founder and the chairperson of ABC Supply.
ABC Supply is a major private roofing supply company based in Beloit, and it sells hose hold stuff, including windows, gutters, and sidings.
It was founded by Diane and her husband, Ken Hendricks.
The company is ranked 63rd among the largest private companies in the United States.
#24. Antonia Ax: son Johnson & family
Net Worth: $11.1 billion
Born: 6th September 1943
Nationality: Sweden
Antonia Ax: son Johnson is the fourth-generation head of the family-owned company Axel Johnson AB.
The company was founded by her great-grandfather.
She stepped down as a chairman in 2015 but still owns most of the stakes and has a seat on the board.
In addition, Johnson possesses a 50% stake in one of the largest food companies in Scandinavia, Axfood AB.
The billionaire has a diverse source of wealth.
#23. Shu Ping
Net Worth: $11.2 billion
Nationality: Singapore
Shu Ping is the self-made billionaire, director, and one of the founders of the Chinese Sichuan-style hot pot chain Haidilao International Holdings.
Shu’s husband, Zhang Yong, is the chairman of Haidilao, but management and strategic development are overseen by herself.
#22. Sherry Brydson
Net Worth: $12.5 billion
Nationality: Canada
Sherry Brydson is a Canadian entrepreneur and the largest shareholder of her family organization, Woodbridge.
It is an investment firm that manages the fortunes of seven grandchildren of Roy Thomson (Canadian Billionaire).
She is the owner of 23% of Woodbridge’s assets, and the rest is owned by her relatives.
Brydson is also involved in various other businesses, including Viking Air, Elmwood Spa, and Vista Radio, a turboprop manufacturer.
#21. Zhou Qunfei
Net Worth: $12.6 billion
Born: 1970
Nationality: China
Zhou Qunfei is a self-made billionaire from China. Even though she dropped out of school at the age of 15 and became a migrant factory worker, she didn’t give up on study and career.
Later she resumed her study and established her own company in 1993.
Her success started to touch the sky, and in eight years, she was able to establish 11 more companies.
Further, Qunfei also founded Lens Technology which later started supplying touch screens to leading electronics makers such as Samsung Electronics.
#20. Zhong Huijuan
Net Worth: $13.1 billion
Age: 60 Years
Nationality: China
Zhong Huijuan is a self-made billionaire from China.
Huijuan is the founder, CEO, and Chair of Hansoh Pharmaceutical.
Amazingly, the self-made billionaire owns the majority of shares of the company, which is 66%.
#19. Wu Yajun
Net Worth: $13.1 billion
Born: 1964
Nationality: China
Wu Yajun has managed to add her name among the world’s self-made billionaires because of her staggering fortune.
She is a Chinese businesswoman, co-founder, chairwoman, and former CEO of Longfor Properties (A residential property managers company).
Wu was at once the world’s richest self-made woman.
#18. Kirsten Rausing
Net Worth: $14.4 billion
Born: 6th June 1952
Nationality: Sweden
Kirsten Rausing owns the third holding company Tetra Laval and sits on the company board alongside other family members.
In 2020 Forbes listed her as the 150th richest individual in the world.
#17. Beate Heister
Net Worth: $14.8 billion
Born: 5th October 1951
Nationality: German
Karl Albrecht, who founded the supermarket chain Aldi with the low price strategy and propagated the discount revolution in Germany, is the father of Beate Heister.
She is one of two children of Karl and the heiress of the Aldi retail fortune.
Beate is married to Peter Heister, and they have six children of their own.
The couple and their child, Peter Max Heister, all sit on Aldi’s advisory board.
#16. Fan Hongwei
Net Worth: $14.9 billion
Born: February 1967
Nationality: China
Currently, Fan Hongwei is the chairman, CEO, and general manager of Hengli Petrochemical Co.
Fan was the fourth richest woman in China in 2019 and is also on the board of Hengil Group Co.
The company is mainly involved in refining petroleum, producing polyester, manufacturing chemical fibers, and real estate.
#15. Savitri Jindal
Net Worth: $15.4 billion
Born: 20th March 1950
Nationality: Indian
Savitri Jindal chairs one of the most successful organization chains in India, Jindal Group.
The firm is actively involved in steel, power, cement, and infrastructure. The company was founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal.
Jindal is also actively involved in politics. She was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
#14. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
Net Worth: $17.1 billion
Born: 30th June 1954
Nationality: Netherlands
Heineken is a fine beer brand, and it was founded by Freddy Heineken, longtime CEO of the company.
Charlene inherited her fortune from her late father after his death.
She owns about a 23% stake in the giant company.
#13. Sara Mota de Larrea
Net Worth: $17.6 billion
Nationality: Mexico
Grupo Mexico is the seventh-largest copper producer in the world, and 36% of its share is owned by Sara Mota de Larrea.
She is a widow of Jorge Larrea, who was also known as a copper king.
And not only that, their son, German Larrea, the chairman of the company, owns another 16% of the company’s share.
#12. Iris Fontbona
Net Worth: $20.5 billion
Born: 1942
Nationality: Chile
The main source of Iris Fontbona’s fortune is the copper mine company, i.e., Antofagasta Plc.
Andrónico Luksic, who was the late husband of Iris, made his fortune in the mining and beverages business.
The company is one of the biggest mining companies in the world.
While Fontana and her children handle the company, they are also involved in various other profitable businesses.
They own the shares not only in Antofagasta but also in Quinenco, a consumer packaging and beverage maker.
#11. Elaine T. Marshall
Net Worth: $21.1 billion
Born: 22nd July 1942
Nationality: United States
Elaine T. Marshall and her children own about 16% of conglomerate Koch Industries.
Koch Industries is known for manufacturing, refining, and distributing petroleum.
It also runs various businesses, including chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp, and paper.
Furthermore, the company provides services as chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing.
#10. Susanne Klatten
Net Worth: $21.7 billion
Born: 28th April 1962
Nationality: Germany
Susanne is a German billionaire heiress who inherited her fortune from her father.
Her father died in 1982, Susanne owned a 50% stake in Altana (German Chemical Company).
Klatten also owns 19.2% of world-class automaker BMW.
In addition, she has investments in a variety of company including Entrust and SGL Group.
#9. Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth: $22.3 billion
Born: 6th November 1963
Nationality: United States
Laurence Powell Jobs has a diverse field of investments and mind-blowing business strategies.
She is an American billionaire, businesswoman, and founder of Emerson Collective.
Powell is a window of late Steve Jobs, CEO, andcCo-founder of Apple Inc.
Jobs has utilized the fortune she inherited from her husband in order to expand her own businesses.
#8. Yang Huiyan
Net Worth: $26.3 billion
Born: 20th July 1981
Nationality: Cyprus
Yang Huiyan is a billionaire and an heiress.
Yeung Kwok Keung, Yang’s father and also the founder of the real estate company, transferred about 70% of Country Garden Holdings shares to her.
She is known as the richest woman in China and in Cyprus as of now because of her fortune.
#7. Abigail Johnson
Net Worth: $27.8 billion
Born: 19th December 1961
Nationality: United States
Abigail Johnson is an American billionaire businesswoman.
Her father founded the American investment firm Fidelity Investments which clearly made it easy for Abigail for her future endeavor.
Firstly, she worked at Fidelity as her summer job and then joined as a full-time employee after her graduation.
Abigail later became the CEO of the company and has been serving in the position since 2014.
#6. Gina Rinehart
Net Worth: $28.8 billion
Born: 9th February 1954
Nationality: Australia
Gina Rinehart is a mining magnate and also an heiress to her father’s fortune.
Gina’s father, Lang Hancock, founded the biggest mining company in Australia, Hancock Prospecting.
Gina has a diverse range of investments and owns stakes in different firms, for example, Ten Network Holdings, Fossil Downs Station, and Hope Down.
She grew to become one of the wealthiest because of her Roy Hill mining project.
#5. Jacqueline Mars
Net Worth: $48.5 billion
Born: 10th October 1939
Nationality: United States
Jacqueline Mars is an American investor and also a granddaughter of Frank C. Mars.
He was the founder of Mars Inc, an American candy company.
Jacqueline holds an 8% stake in Mars Incorporated.
#4. MacKenzie Scott
Net Worth: $56.6 billion
Born: 7th April 1970
Nationality: United States
Mackenzie Scott is an American billionaire, novelist, and philanthropist. She owns a 4% stake in Amazon. Scott is the fourth richest woman and 21st richest individual in the world.
She was married to the founder and ex-chief executive of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and in 2019, the couple divorced for good.
#3. Julia Flesher Koch
Net Worth: $61.1 billion
Born: 12nd April 12
Nationality: United States
Julia owns a 42% stake in Koch Industry because she inherited it from her late husband, David.
Julie is an American socialist, billionaire, and also philanthropist.
Koch is not only a businesswoman but also a philanthropist who has donated to several institutions, including Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and National Museum, of Natural History.
#2. Alice Walton
Net Worth: $64.6 billion
Born: 7th October 1949
Nationality: United States
Alice Walton is an heiress to Walmart’s fortune and also the second richest woman in the world.
She inherited her share of wealth from her father and the founder of Walmart, Sam Walton.
The billionaire woman is the only daughter of Sam Walton.
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#1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
Net Worth: $90.9 billion
Born: 10th July 1953
Nationality: France
The richest woman in the world, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, is the billionaire heiress of L’Oreal (cosmetics company).
It is a French personal care company that focuses on producing cosmetic products.
Apart from her businesses, she has written several Bible commentaries.
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