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, Francoise 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
Steady 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) Increase 74.8  France L'Oréal Increase 1
Increase 2 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 61) Decrease 59  United States Koch industries Decrease 17
Decrease 3 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) Decrease 56.7  United States Walmart Decrease 21
Increase 4 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) Increase 38.3  United States Mars, Inc. Increase 31
Increase 5 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 78) Increase 35  Israel /  United States Las Vegas Sands Increase 35
Increase 6 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 78–79) Increase 31.2  Italy Mediterranean Shipping Company Increase 43
Increase 7 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 61) Increase 27.4  Germany Altana, BMW Increase 51
Decrease 8 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) Decrease 27  Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 52
Decrease 9 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 53) Decrease 24.4  United States Amazon.com Decrease 60
Decrease 10 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81) Increase 23.1  Chile Antofagasta plc Increase 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
Steady 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) Increase 74.8  France L'Oréal Decrease 14
Steady 2 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) Increase 65.3  United States Walmart Decrease 18
Increase 3 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 61) Increase 60  United States Koch industries Increase 21
Decrease 3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 53) Decrease 43.6  United States Amazon.com Decrease 30
Increase 5 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) Increase 31.7  United States Mars, Inc. Increase 41
Increase 6 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) Increase 30.2  Australia Hancock Prospecting Increase 46
Decrease 7 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 78) Decrease 27.5  Israel /  United States Las Vegas Sands Decrease 50
Steady 8 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 61) Decrease 24.3  Germany Altana, BMW Decrease 56
Increase 9 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81) Decrease 22.8  United States Antofagasta plc Increase 67
Increase 10 Abigail Johnson (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 (age 62) Increase 21.2  United States Fidelity Investments Increase 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
Increase 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) Increase 73.6  France L'Oréal Increase 12
Decrease 2 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) Decrease 61.8  United States Walmart Decrease 17
Steady 3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 53) Decrease 53  United States Amazon.com Decrease 22
Steady 4 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 61) Increase 46.4  United States Koch industries Decrease 27
Increase 5 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 78) Increase 38.2  Israel /  United States Las Vegas Sands Increase 36
Decrease 6 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) Increase 31.3  United States Mars, Inc. Decrease 48
Decrease 7 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) 20 July 1981 (age 42) Increase 29.6  Cyprus[6] Country Garden Holdings Decrease 50
Decrease 8 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 61) Increase 27.7  Germany Altana, BMW Increase 53
Increase 9 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) Increase 23.6  Australia Hancock Prospecting Increase 70
Increase 10 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81) Increase 23.5  Chile Antofagasta plc Increase 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
Increase 1 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) Increase 65.9  United States Walmart Steady 12
Decrease 2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) Increase 65.4  France L'Oréal Steady 13
Increase 3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 53) Increase 62.3  United States Amazon Decrease 17
Increase 4 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 61) Increase 44.9  United States Koch industries Increase 24
Increase 5 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) Increase 28.9  United States Mars, Inc. Increase 38
Decrease 6 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 (age 42) Increase 27.3  Cyprus[6] Country Garden Holdings Decrease 43
Decrease 7 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 61) Increase 23.9  Germany Altana, BMW Decrease 54
Decrease 8 Laurene Powell Jobs (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 60) Increase 19.9  United States Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company Decrease 67
Increase 9 Zhong Huijuan 1961 (age 62–63) Increase 18.8  China Hansoh Pharmaceutical Increase 70
Decrease 10 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) Increase 16.1  Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 103

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lopez Gomes, Gabriela (2023-04-04). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
  2. ^ Brinded, Lianna (2018-05-18). "There are more female billionaires in the world, mostly thanks to inheritance". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. ^ Sandler, Rachel (2022-04-05). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
  4. ^ "Ranked: The World's Richest Women, 2021". 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "China's richest woman buys EU citizenship with 'golden passport'". Taiwan News. August 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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