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 or April. 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 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, 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 80–81) | 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 82–83) | 23.1 | Chile | Antofagasta plc | 65 |
2022 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022, 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 82–83) | 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 Francoise Bettencourt Meyers's wealth is estimated to stand at $71.4 billion.[4]
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021, are:[5]
| No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (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 82–83) | 23.5 | Chile | Antofagasta plc | 74 |
2020 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020, 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 63–64) | 18.8 | China | Hansoh Pharmaceutical | 70 | |
| 10 | Gina Rinehart | 9 February 1954 | 16.1 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 103 |
See also
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.