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. There were 328 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 17 March 2021, up from 241 in March 2020.[1] Since 2021, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is 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]

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.[3]

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021, are:[1]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Increase 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 Increase 73.6  France L'Oréal Increase 12
Decrease 2 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 Decrease 61.8  United States Walmart Decrease 17
Steady 3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 Decrease 53  United States Amazon.com Decrease 22
Steady 4 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 Increase 46.4  United States Koch industries Decrease 27
Increase 5 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 Increase 38.2  Israel /  United States Las Vegas Sands Increase 36
Decrease 6 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 Increase 31.3  United States Mars, Inc. Decrease 48
Decrease 7 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) 20 July 1981 Increase 29.6  Cyprus [4] Country Garden Holdings Decrease 50
Decrease 8 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 Increase 27.7  Germany Altana, BMW Increase 53
Increase 9 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 Increase 23.6  Australia Hancock Prospecting Increase 70
Increase 10 Iris Fontbona 1942/1943 (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:[5]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Increase 1 Alice Walton (1949-07-10) 10 July 1949 Increase 65.9  United States Walmart Steady 12
Decrease 2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 Increase 65.4  France L'Oréal Steady 13
Increase 3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 Increase 62.3  United States Amazon Decrease 17
Increase 4 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 Increase 44.9  United States Koch industries Increase 24
Increase 5 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 Increase 28.9  United States Mars, Inc. Increase 38
Decrease 6 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 Increase 27.3  Cyprus [6] Country Garden Holdings Decrease 43
Decrease 7 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 Increase 23.9  Germany Altana, BMW Decrease 54
Decrease 8 Laurene Powell Jobs (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 Increase 19.9  United States Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company Decrease 67
Increase 9 Zhong Huijuan 1961 (age 61–62) Increase 18.8  China Hansoh Pharmaceutical Increase 70
Decrease 10 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 Increase 16.1  Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 103

See also

References
  1. "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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  3. "Ranked: The World's Richest Women, 2021". 19 January 2021.
  4. Taiwan News
  5. "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. Taiwan News
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