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The richest women in the world are women whose net worth will totally surprise you. Some of the women on this list work hard to surge their wealth.
Most inherit their wealth from parents or grandparents. While some gain their wealth from their late husband and one from divorce.
No matter the source of wealth, here are the top 15 world’s
richest women 2024, they are,
- Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
- Alice Walton
- MacKenzie Scott
- Julia Flesher Koch
- Jacqueline Mars
- Miriam Adelson
- Susanne Klatten
- Abigail Johnson
- Yang Huiyan
- Gina Rinehart
And more five richest women. Check out their net worth, age, and more. Keep reading!
1. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers - World’s Richest Woman
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Net worth: $ 94 Billion
Source of wealth: L'Oréal
Age: 67 (July 1953)
Country: Paris, France
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers inherit most of her wealth from her grandfather, Eugène Schuelle. Her grandfather is the founder of L’Oréal and she is his only granddaughter.
After the death of her mother in 2017, she became the sole emperor of L'Oréal (French beauty realm). With this, she was able to grow her wealth, from $39.5 billion to the whooping net worth mentioned above.
As wealthy as she is, she avoids media as much as she can. She got married to Jean-Pierre Meyers, a French businessman in 1984.
They have two children together. She also
runs the philanthropic foundation that assists arts and French science.
2. Alice Walton
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Net worth: $68 Billion
Source of wealth: Walmart Inc.
Age: 72 (7 October 1949)
Country: United States
Her father, Samuel Walton is the founder of Walmart. She inherited Walmart from his father. She is an art enthusiastic. She studied economics and finance at Trinity University in San Antonio.
After her graduation in 1971, she work at Walmart briefly in buying children’s clothing before she quit. She later opens her own business, Llama Company.
The company only lasts for 10 years. She is the second on the list of the richest women in the world in 2024. In fact, about the construction of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, the initial capital was from her.
Walmart inc., formerly known as
wal-mart stores is among the world’s biggest retailers and it is also one out
of the world’s largest corporations.
3. MacKenzie Scott
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Net worth: $59 Billion
Source of wealth: Amazon
Age: 51 (7 April 1970)
Country: United States
MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, the richest man. They got divorced in 2019 because she disclosed that Jeff Bezos was involved in an affair with Lauren Sánchez, a former TV anchor.
The divorce brings her to the list of the richest women in the world in 2024. She received 25% of Jeff’s Amazon stack from the split.
This is the biggest settlement ever awarded to a
woman after divorce. After that, she has been so indulging in various charitable works.
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4. Julia Flesher Koch
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Net worth: $52.9 Billion
Source of wealth: Koch Industries
Age: 59 (12 April 1962)
Country: United States
Julia Flesher Koch was born and raised up in Lowa but decided to relocate to New York in 1984. She got married to her husband in 1996.
Her husband, David Koch died at the age of 79, in August 2019. Leaving her as a widower, after 23 years of marriage. She and her 3 children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries.
With that, she controls a fortune of $53.5 billion. At the time her husband was alive, he was among the American richest men. And now she is one out of the richest women in the world.
5. Jacqueline Mars
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Net worth: $31.6 Billion
Source of wealth: Mars Inc.
Age: 82 (10 October 1939)
Country: United States
Mars Inc. is the third-largest candy maker in the world. They produce popular candy bars such as Milk way, Twix, Snickers, and the gum giant, Wrigley.
The company was founded by Jacqueline Mars’s grandfather, Frank C. Mars. She owns one-third of Mars Inc. the rest are shared among her brother and her four nieces.
She worked with the company for almost 20 years
before she stopped in 2016. Yet her share in the company makes her one of the
wealthiest women in the world in 2024. She studied anthropology at Bryn Mawr College.
6. Miriam Adelson
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Net worth: $30.2 Billion
Source of wealth: Casino Company
Age: 76 (10 October 1945)
Country: United States
She was born in Israel but based in the United States. She is a medical doctor, she focuses on addiction. She and her husband founded a research clinic for treating people with opioid use disorder.
Her husband, Sheldon Adelson died in January 2021 at the age of 87. He was the CEO and chairman of casino company Las Vegas Sands at the time he was alive.
Half of the Billions
of the gambling empire belong to her now as her inheritance from the company.
This surges her wealth and brings her on this list of the richest women in the world 2024.
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7. Susanne Klatten
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Net worth: $29.9 Billion
Source of wealth: BMW and Altana AG
Age: 59 (28 April 1962)
Country: Germany
Herbert Quandt is the legendary industrialist that helps BMW to gain its place in the luxury market. Susanne Klatten late mum is the third wife to Herbert Quandt.
In the shares of automaker BMW, 19.1% belongs to her while 23.6% goes to her brother, Stefan Quandt. Altana AG is a pharmaceutical/specialty chemical corporation owned by her grandfather.
From the International Institute for Management and Development, she obtained a Master's in Business Administration.
With the knowledge she has, she was able to transform her grandfather's pharmaceutical company into a world-class standard.
After which
she became the sole owner of Altana AG. Annually, the company makes sales of
about $2.5 Billion. Her shares in BMW and being the owner of Altana AG make her stinkingly rich.
8. Abigail Johnson
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Net worth: $26.8 Billion
Source of wealth: Fidelity Investments
Age: 59 (19 December 1961)
Country: United States
Edward C. Johnson II is Abigail Johnson's grandfather. Fidelity investments Boston-based finance firm was founded by her grandfather, in 1946.
Abigail Johnson studied business administration at Harvard Business School and after her graduation; she became an analyst at Fidelity.
From 2014, she became the CEO of Fidelity Investments, after her father step down. Her father became the chairman in 2016.
The investment company is one of the largest financial
institutions involved in Bitcoin custody. She is one out of the richest women
in the world as 24.5% of the company belongs to her.
9. Yang Huiyan
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Net worth: $25 Billion
Source of wealth: The real estate company, Country Garden.
Age: 40 (20 July 1981)
Country: China
This young billionaire got her fortune as the majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings. Country Garden is a real estate company founded by her father in 1997.
She took up the work after her father in 2005. In 2007, her father transfer 57% of the real estate developer Country Garden Holding to her.
Since then, she has contributed so much to the growth of the company. This makes her the richest woman in Asia, the world's youngest richest woman.
She studied art and
science at the Ohio State University; she graduated from the school in 2003.
She married Cheng Chong, a top Chinese official and they have a son together.
10. Gina Rinehart
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Net worth: $22.8 Billion
Source of wealth: Iron ore, Cattle producer
Age: 67 (9 February 1954)
Country: Australia
She is the richest person in Australia and one out of the richest women in the world in 2024. Lang Hancock is her late father who is an iron-ore explorer.
She rebuilt her father's company, Hancock Prospecting, which is facing financial difficulties at that time. That is in 1992, and then she became the Chairman of the Hancock Prospecting.
The majority of her wealth is
from the Roy Hill mining project. Apart from her mining project, she is also the
second-largest producer of cattle in Australia.
11. Iris Fontbona
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Net worth: $19.5 Billion
Source of wealth: Mining and Beverages
Age: 78 (1943)
Country: Chile
Andrónico Luksic, Iris Fontbona’s husband died in 2005. His husband was into beverages and mining (Antofagasta Plc.). After his death, she and her children continue with his business.
She controls the Antofagasta Plc.
and she is into the London Stock Exchange trade as well. Quiñenco is a
publicly-traded Chilean conglomerate active in banking and beer which is also controlled by her and her children.
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12. Laurene Powell Jobs
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Net worth: $17 Billion
Source of wealth: Apple and Disney
Age: 58 (6 November 1963)
Country: United States
Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs's husband, is the co-founder of Apple and Disney. He died in 2011, after which billions of dollars of stock from both companies goes to her.
From the money she has, she bought the Atlantic magazine (the majority of it). She is one out of the wealthiest women in the world in 2024, she also engaged in some philanthropist work.
From the University of
Pennsylvania, she studied Arts/Science and then from Stanford Graduate School
of Business, where she met her late husband, she obtained a Master of Business
Administration from the school.
13. Sara Mota De Larrea
Net worth: $10 billion.
Source of wealth: Copper and Oil
Age: Unknown
Country: Mexico
She is a widow to her late husband Jorge Larrea. She is the richest woman in Mexico and of course among the top richest women in the world 2024.
Her company is Grupo Mexico is among the top largest producer of copper.
For example, in 2012, the company sold more than 800,000 tons of copper. The
Oil-drilling company and railroad business in Mexico also belongs to her.
14. Elaine T. Marshall
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Net worth: $9 Billion
Source of wealth: Conglomerate Koch Industries
Age: 79 (22 July 1942)
Country: United States
From the 15% of conglomerate Koch Industries, Elaine Marshall holds it, bringing her among the world's wealthiest women. E. Pierce Marshall is Elaine's husband that died in 2006.
She inherited her billions from her late husband. It was her late husband’s father, J. Howard Marshall II, that put all his resources in a refinery company that was later sold to Koch industries, with this, he was able to get Koch's stake.
15. Vicky Safra
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Net worth: $7.3 Billion
Source of wealth: Banking
Age: 68
Country: Greece
She was born in Greece but live in Switzerland for many years. The Brazilian banker Joseph Safra is her late husband that died in December 2020.
She inherits billions after the death of her husband. Joseph Safra has many banks across three continents. She is also on the list of the richest women in the world. The Gherkin tower in London as well belongs to him.
She and her husband have a foundation that assists in education, hospitals, and
arts by contributing to them. She has four children in which they also share in
the assets.
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