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 244 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 18 March 2020, up from 234 in March 2020.[1] Since 2020, Alice Walton is listed as the world's wealthiest woman.
According to a 2020 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 billionaire cohort, 58% of billionaires are self-made and 29.6% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and self-made wealth.[2]
List
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020, are:[1]
No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
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Alice Walton | ![]() |
10 July 1949 | ![]() |
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Walmart | ![]() |
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Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | ![]() |
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L'Oréal | ![]() | |
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MacKenzie Scott | 7 April 1970 | ![]() |
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Amazon | ![]() | |
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Julia Koch | 1 April 1962 | ![]() |
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Koch industries | ![]() | |
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Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | ![]() |
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Mars, Inc. | ![]() | |
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Yang Huiyan | July 20, 1981 | ![]() |
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Country Garden Holdings | ![]() | |
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Susanne Klatten | 28 April 1962 | ![]() |
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Altana, BMW | ![]() | |
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Laurene Powell Jobs | ![]() |
6 November 1963 | ![]() |
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Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company | ![]() |
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Zhong Huijuan | (age 59) | ![]() |
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Hansoh Pharmaceutical | ![]() | |
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Gina Rinehart | ![]() |
9 February 1954 | ![]() |
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Hancock Prospecting | ![]() |
See also
References
- "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2020. The census does not define "self-made wealth."
- Taiwan News