Top 10 richest women in the world 2022 forbes list
According to the Forbes 2022 Billionaires List, the top 10 richest women in the world are:
- Françoise Bettencourt Meyers - Net Worth: $74.8 billion
- Inheritance from her mother, Liliane Bettencourt, who was the daughter of L'Oréal's founder
- Owns 33% of L'Oréal's shares
- Alice Walton - Net Worth: $62.3 billion
- Daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton
- Inherited a significant portion of her father's wealth
- Julia Flesher Koch - Net Worth: $59.8 billion
- Inherited her husband's fortune after his death in 2018
- Her husband, David Koch, was a co-owner of Koch Industries
- Mackenzie Bezos - Net Worth: $57.6 billion
- Ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
- Received a 4% stake in Amazon as part of their divorce settlement
- Jacqueline Mars - Net Worth: $55.8 billion
- Heiress to the Mars candy fortune
- Owns 14% of Mars, Inc.
- Yang Huiyan - Net Worth: $54.9 billion
- Majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings, a Chinese real estate developer
- Her father, Yang Guoqiang, founded the company
- Iris Fontbona - Net Worth: $53.8 billion
- Inherited her husband's fortune after his death in 2017
- Her husband, Andronico Luksic, was a Chilean businessman
- Abigail Johnson - Net Worth: $52.4 billion
- President and CEO of Fidelity Investments
- Inherited her father's fortune after his death in 2020
- Susanne Klatten - Net Worth: $51.8 billion
- Inherited her father's fortune after his death in 2009
- Her father, Herbert Quandt, was a German industrialist
- Gina Rinehart - Net Worth: $51.4 billion
- Australian mining magnate
- Owns a significant portion of Hancock Prospecting, a mining company
Note: The net worth values are based on the Forbes 2022 Billionaires List, which was published in March 2022. The values may have changed since then due to various market and economic factors.