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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1 |
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 |  80.5 |
 France |
L'Oréal | 11 | |
| 2 |
Julia Koch |  |
12 April 1962 |  59 |
 United States |
Koch industries | 17 |
| 3 |
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7 October 1949 | 56.7 |
United States |
Walmart | 21 |
| 4 |
Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 38.3 |
United States |
Mars, Inc. | 31 | |
| 5 |
Miriam Adelson |  |
10 October 1945 | 35 |
 Israel / United States |
Las Vegas Sands | 35 |
| 6 |
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | 1944 or 1945 (age 78–79) | 31.2 |
 Italy |
Mediterranean Shipping Company | 43 | |
| 7 |
Susanne Klatten |  |
28 April 1962 | 27.4 |
 Germany |
Altana, BMW | 51 |
| 8 |
Gina Rinehart |  |
9 February 1954 | 27 |
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Hancock Prospecting | 52 |
| 9 |
MacKenzie Scott |  |
7 April 1970 | 24.4 |
United States |
Amazon.com | 60 |
| 10 |
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81) | 23.1 |
 Chile |
Antofagasta plc | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 74.8 |
France |
L'Oréal | 14 | |
| 2 |
Alice Walton | |
7 October 1949 | 65.3 |
United States |
Walmart | 18 |
| 3 |
Julia Koch | |
12 April 1962 | 60 |
United States |
Koch industries | 21 |
| 3 |
MacKenzie Scott | |
7 April 1970 | 43.6 |
United States |
Amazon.com | 30 |
| 5 |
Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 31.7 |
United States |
Mars, Inc. | 41 | |
| 6 |
Gina Rinehart | |
9 February 1954 | 30.2 |
Australia |
Hancock Prospecting | 46 |
| 7 |
Miriam Adelson | |
10 October 1945 | 27.5 |
Israel / United States |
Las Vegas Sands | 50 |
| 8 |
Susanne Klatten | |
28 April 1962 | 24.3 |
Germany |
Altana, BMW | 56 |
| 9 |
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81) | 22.8 |
United States |
Antofagasta plc | 67 | |
| 10 |
Abigail Johnson |  |
19 December 1961 | 21.2 |
United States |
Fidelity Investments | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 73.6 |
France |
L'Oréal | 12 | |
| 2 |
Alice Walton | |
7 October 1949 | 61.8 |
United States |
Walmart | 17 |
| 3 |
MacKenzie Scott | |
7 April 1970 | 53 |
United States |
Amazon.com | 22 |
| 4 |
Julia Koch | |
12 April 1962 | 46.4 |
United States |
Koch industries | 27 |
| 5 |
Miriam Adelson | |
10 October 1945 | 38.2 |
Israel / United States |
Las Vegas Sands | 36 |
| 6 |
Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 31.3 |
United States |
Mars, Inc. | 48 | |
| 7 |
Yang Huiyan | 20 July 1981 | 29.6 |
 Cyprus[6] |
Country Garden Holdings | 50 | |
| 8 |
Susanne Klatten | |
28 April 1962 | 27.7 |
Germany |
Altana, BMW | 53 |
| 9 |
Gina Rinehart | |
9 February 1954 | 23.6 |
Australia |
Hancock Prospecting | 70 |
| 10 |
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81) | 23.5 |
Chile |
Antofagasta plc | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alice Walton | |
7 October 1949 | 65.9 |
United States |
Walmart | 12 |
| 2 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | 10 July 1953 | 65.4 |
France |
L'Oréal | 13 | |
| 3 |
MacKenzie Scott | |
7 April 1970 | 62.3 |
United States |
Amazon | 17 |
| 4 |
Julia Koch | |
12 April 1962 | 44.9 |
United States |
Koch industries | 24 |
| 5 |
Jacqueline Mars | 10 October 1939 | 28.9 |
United States |
Mars, Inc. | 38 | |
| 6 |
Yang Huiyan | July 20, 1981 | 27.3 |
Cyprus[6] |
Country Garden Holdings | 43 | |
| 7 |
Susanne Klatten | |
28 April 1962 | 23.9 |
Germany |
Altana, BMW | 54 |
| 8 |
Laurene Powell Jobs |  |
6 November 1963 | 19.9 |
United States |
Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company | 67 |
| 9 |
Zhong Huijuan | 1961 (age 62–63) | 18.8 |
 China |
Hansoh Pharmaceutical | 70 | |
| 10 |
Gina Rinehart | |
9 February 1954 | 16.1 |
Australia |
Hancock Prospecting | 103 |
See also
References
- 1 2 Lopez Gomes, Gabriela (2023-04-04). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
- ↑ Brinded, Lianna (2018-05-18). "There are more female billionaires in the world, mostly thanks to inheritance". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ↑ Sandler, Rachel (2022-04-05). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
- ↑ "Ranked: The World's Richest Women, 2021". 19 January 2021.
- ↑ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- 1 2 "China's richest woman buys EU citizenship with 'golden passport'". Taiwan News. August 26, 2020.
- ↑ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.