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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
Increase 1 Alice Walton (1949-07-10) 10 July 1949 (age 75) Increase 65.9  United States Walmart Steady 12
Decrease 2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71) Increase 65.4  France L'Oréal Steady 13
Increase 4 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) Increase 62.3  United States Amazon Decrease 17
Increase 5 Julia Koch (1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 62) Increase 44.9  United States Koch industries Increase 24
Increase 6 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85) Increase 28.9  United States Mars, Inc. Increase 38
Decrease 7 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 (age 43) Increase 27.3  Cyprus [3] Country Garden Holdings Decrease 43
Decrease 8 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) Increase 23.9  Germany Altana, BMW Decrease 54
Decrease 9 Laurene Powell Jobs (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 61) Increase 19.9  United States Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company Decrease 67
Increase 10 Zhong Huijuan (age 59) Increase 18.8  China Hansoh Pharmaceutical Increase 70
Decrease 11 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) Increase 16.1  Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 103

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2020. The census does not define "self-made wealth."
  3. ^ Taiwan News