List of female billionaires

Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March. There were a record of 256 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 6 March 2018.[1] In March 2017, there were 227 female women billionaires, up from 187 in June 2015.[2] Since Liliane Bettencourt died in 2017, her only child and heiress, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has become listed by some sources as the world's wealthiest female.[3]

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 7 March 2018 are:[1]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World Rank
Increase 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 7 October 1949 Increase 46.5  France L'Oréal Increase 14
Decrease 2 Alice Walton 10 July 1953 Increase 41.5  United States Walmart Increase 19
Increase 3 Susanne Klatten 28 April 1962 Decrease 25.0  Germany Altana, BMW Increase 32
Steady 4 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Decrease 23.6  United States Mars, Inc. Increase 34
Decrease 5 Yang Huiyan 1981 (age 36–37) Decrease 21.9  China, People's Republic of Country Garden Holdings Decrease 43
Steady 6 Laurene Powell Jobs 6 November 1963 Decrease 18.8  United States Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company Decrease 58
Increase 7 Gina Rinehart 9 February 1954 Decrease 17.4  Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 80
Increase 8 Iris Fontbona 1942/1943 (age 75–76) Increase 16.3  Chile Antofagasta PLC Increase 80
Decrease 9 Abigail Johnson 19 December 1961 Increase 15.9  United States Fidelity Investments Increase 83
Steady 10 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken 30 June 1954 Decrease 15.8  Netherlands Heineken International Steady 86

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The World's Billionaires List". Forbes. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ The World's Billionaires List, Forbes, Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Richest People in the World". Money. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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