Today’s billionaires are not necessarily the heirs of a multi-million dollar fortune or the wives of rich men. Many of these women have achieved their own dizzying success.
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers
Daughter of the founder of the cosmetics giant L’Oréal, Eugene Schullet. Her fortune is $73.6 billion.
Alice Walton
Walmart heiress with a net worth of $7.4 billion.
Mackenzie Scott
The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns $53 billion.
Julia Koch
After the death of her husband, owner of Koch Industries, Julia inherited $46.4 billion.
Miriam Adelson
Shareholder of Las Vegas Sands casino, worth $38.2 billion.
Jacqueline Mars
The co-owner of Mars Inc, a candy, pet products and food company, owns more than $31 billion.
Yang Huiyan
Yang owns a 58% stake in Chinese real estate developer Country Garden Holdings and is worth $10.1 billion.
Suzanne Klatten
Owner of her grandfather’s company, Altana AG, a major chemicals manufacturer and a 20% stake in BMW, worth $28.7 billion.
Gina Rinehart
CEO of the mining and agricultural company Hancock Prospecting Group, worth $23.6 billion.
Iris Fontbona
Iris is the widow of Androniko Luksic, owner of the mining company Antofagasta. Her fortune is estimated at $23.3 billion.
Laurene Powell Jobs
Heir to the Steve Jobs fortune with a net worth of $16.4 billion.
Zhong Huijuan
Zhong and her daughter own 75% of the Chinese pharmaceutical company Hansoh Pharmaceutical. Huijuan’s net worth is over $14.6 billion.
Abigail Johnson
CEO of Fidelity Investments, serving investors around the world. Her net worth is $20.9 billion.
Wu Yajun
Wu owns a holding company called Longfor Properties and is worth an estimated $18.3 billion.
Fan Hongwei
Fan is the head of Hengli Petrochemical, a chemical fiber supply company. Her fortune is $18.2 billion.
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
The Heineken co-owner and CEO owns $16.7 billion.
Zhou Qunfei
Chinese business lady, founder of a smartphone screen company. Zhou’s fortune is $15.4 billion.
Kwong Siu-Hing
The largest shareholder of Sun Hung Kai Properties (a real estate developer in China) with a fortune of $14.7 billion.
Kirsten Rausing
The co-owner of Tetra Pak, a packaging company, is worth $13.9 billion.
Tatyana Bakalchuk
Russian businesswoman, CEO of Wildberries, owns $4.7 billion.
Kylie Jenner
The youngest of the Kardashian sisters owns over $900 million.
Beyoncé
The famous American singer has earned more than 500 million from her solo career.
Taylor Swift
The state of the famous singer this year reached $400 million.
Judy Sheindlin
The famous judge earned more than $147 million on her talk shows.
Paris Hilton
The scandalously famous heiress of the family business — the Hilton hotel chain.