In Forbes' list of the 10 richest women in the world as of March 8, 2023, 6 are from the US, the remaining 4 are from other continents.
1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: 74.8 billion USD
Ms. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. Photo: CEO World
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is a French businesswoman and member of the Bettencourt family. She is also a writer, pianist and philanthropist.
She inherited a huge fortune from her grandfather, Eugene Schueller, founder of L'Oréal, a French personal care products group. After her mother's death in September 2017, her fortune tripled thanks to investments through Tethys Invest, her family's holding company.
2. Alice Walton: $65.3 billion
In addition to her "huge" income from Walmart, Alice Walton has a quite successful financial career. Photo: Town & Country
Alice Walton is the youngest child and heiress of Walmart - an American multinational retail company with a network of supermarkets and department stores founded by Sam Walton.
Despite her huge fortune from Walmart, Alice Walton still has a successful financial career, even founding her own investment bank. She is also the manager of Walton Enterprises, one of two family companies that control about half of the world's largest retail group, along with Walton Family Holdings Trust.
3. Julia Koch: $60 billion
Mrs. Julia Koch and her late husband, Mr. David Koch. Photo: Yahoo!News
Julia Margaret Flesher Koch inherited her wealth from her late husband, David Koch, former CEO and co-owner of Koch Industries. The Wichita, Kansas, US-based conglomerate operates in oil refining, pipelines, commodities trading, livestock and pulp and paper, and has annual revenues of about $125 billion.
Ms. Koch was a member of the board of directors of the School of American Ballet and currently serves as president of the David H. Koch Foundation.
4. Mackenzie Scott: 43.6 billion USD
Mrs. MacKenzie and Mr. Jeff Bezos when they were still in love. Photo: Dallas News
Mackenzie Scott became the world's fourth richest woman after her divorce in 2019. She was once the wife of billionaire Jeff Bezos and owns a 4% stake in Amazon, the world's largest online retailer founded by her ex-husband.
Amazon sells electronics, appliances and other products, controls the Whole Foods grocery chain and offers cloud computing and streaming services. Amazon had $469.8 billion in revenue in 2021.
5. Jacqueline Mars: $31.7 billion
Jacqueline Mars, heiress to the world's largest candy maker. Photo: YahooNews
Ms. Jacqueline Mars, currently living in California, USA, is the heiress of Mars company, the world's largest candy manufacturer with annual revenue of nearly 45 billion USD.
Mars is the parent company of brands such as M&M's, IAMS and Pedigree. The company was founded by her father, Frank Mars, in 1911.
6. Gina Reinhart: $30.2 billion
Gina Reinhart, Australia's richest landowner. Photo: Forbes
Gina Reinhart’s full name is Georgina Hope Rinehart. She is the chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting, a mineral exploration and mining company founded by her father. Hancock Prospecting is based in West Perth, Australia, owns the Roy Hill mine (which began production in 2015) and has investments in agricultural properties across Australia.
According to a study conducted by The Guardian Australia in May 2021, Ms. Gina Reinhart is the richest landowner in Australia.
7. Miriam Adelson: $27.5 billion
Miriam Adelson is the wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, founder of Las Vegas Sands. Photo: celebritynetworth.com
Miriam Adelson is a physician and the publisher of the Daily Israel Hayom newspaper. She is an Israeli-American.
Adelson is the majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands, the world's largest casino operator founded by her late husband Sheldon Adelson. The Las Vegas-based company operates casino resorts and convention centers in the United States and Asia and had revenue of $4.2 billion in 2021.
8. Susanne Klatten: 24.3 billion USD
Susanne Klatten, the richest person in Germany. Photo: newsingermany.com
Susanne Hanna Ursula Klatten is Germany's richest woman. Her fortune grew significantly after inheriting about a fifth of the shares of German luxury carmaker Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) from her father, Herbert Quandt.
Ms Klatten also has stakes in chemicals company Altana, carbon producer SGL Carbon, trust credit card maker DataCard and turbine developer Nordex.
9. Iris Fontbona: 22.8 billion USD
Iris Fontbona took over the Antofagasta company after her husband passed away. Photo: Indiashorts.com
Mrs. Fontbona is the matriarch of Chile's richest family. After her husband's death, Mrs. Iris Balbina Fontbona González became a billionaire by inheriting the Antofagasta company, one of the world's largest copper producers based in Santiago, the capital of Chile.
She currently controls Chilean banking and financial services company Banco de Chile, copper producer Madeco, Chile's largest beer producer CCE and shipping company CSAV.
10. Abigail Johnson: $21.2 billion
Ms. Abigail Johnson, President and CEO of Fidelity Investments. Photo: newsblare.com
Ms. Johnson is the heiress to FRM, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, an American mutual fund management company. Fidelity was founded in 1946 by her grandfather, Edward C. Johnson II.
In 2014, she took over as CEO of the company from her father, Ned Johnson III. Two years later, she was elected president of Fedelity, taking full control of the company.
FMR also holds family assets including a tomato farm in Maine and much of the South Boston seaport area.
Nguyen Tuyet (According to Forbes, Bloomberg)
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