a Published by Forbes magazine List of billionaires 2024, with men occupying the top ten. But who are the 10 richest women in the world?
It should be noted that the majority of the richest women inherited their wealth. Mackenzie Scott is the only one among the top 10 who earned her wealth through divorce. This year, note that there are more women on the list: they are 369 out of 2,781 billionaires, and there were 337 in 2023.
You have to get to the 15th place on the list to find the first woman – about him Françoise Bettencourt MyersGranddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal. At 70 years old, she is the richest woman in the world.
The French businesswoman and her family have a net worth of $99.5 billion (over 91.9 billion euros) and are the richest in the world as of 2018. To get here, remember, Françoise got into a court dispute with his mother Liliane Bettencourt as depicted in the Netflix series “The Billionaire.” “, the Butler and the Boyfriend”.
He follows Alice WaltonWhich ranks 21st on the list. The 74-year-old American is the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton and has an estimated net worth of $72.3 billion (more than €66 billion).
Third, there is Julia Koch And family. Julia Koch and her three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries from her husband, David, who died in 2019 at age 79. Currently 61 years old, the North American ranks 23rd in the Forbes rankings, with a net worth of $64.3 billion (over 59 billion euros).
The fourth richest woman in the world Jacqueline March, ranked 35th on the list. Jacqueline Mars, 84, from the United States, owns about a third of Mars, the candy, food and pet products company founded by her grandfather. His net worth is $38.5 billion (more than €35.5 billion).
He follows Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who was married to him for 25 years. As part of the 2019 divorce, he took a 4% stake in the company. The philanthropist is 53 years old, from North America, and has a net worth of $35.6 billion (more than 32.8 billion euros). It comes in 43rd place in the ranking.
It appears later Savitri Jindal The family is ranked 46th on the list. The 74-year-old Indian woman is the chairwoman of the Jindal Group, whose activities include steel, power, cement and infrastructure. She is the widow of founder Om Prakash Jindal, and her fortune is estimated at $33.5 billion (more than €30.9 billion).
The seventh richest woman in the world Rafaela Aponte Diamant, one of the founders of one of the largest shipping companies in the world. She is the only one among the “top ten” who has built her own fortune. Raffaella Aponte Diamantum, 79, and her husband, Gianluigi, own 50% of MSC shares. From Switzerland, he ranks 48th on the list and his wealth amounts to $33.1 billion (more than 30.5 billion euros).
On the eighth he appears Miriam Adelson And family. She is 78 years old, American, and the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the former CEO and president of the Las Vegas Sands casino company, who died in 2021 at the age of 87. She ranks 53rd in the rankings and has a fortune of $32 billion (more than $29.5 billion). .
The ninth richest woman in the world is also the richest woman in Australia. Gina Reinhart(70 years old), built his fortune on the basis of iron ore and has a net worth of $30.8 billion (more than 28.4 billion euros), ranking 56th on the Forbes list.
This “top ten” is closed by Abigail Johnson. The 62-year-old American has been CEO of Fidelity Investments since 2014, when she replaced her father, and has served as president since 2016. She is in 58th place and has a fortune of $29 billion (more than 26.7 billion euros).
Remember that Forbes' list includes only one Portuguese name: Maria Fernanda Amorim, whose fortune is estimated at 5.3 billion euros, and is currently ranked 522nd.
Despite the conflict, inflation and political speculation, there are more billionaires than ever before. Forbes included a total of 2,781 people on its list of the richest people in 2024, an increase of 141 from last year. This number even surpassed the record set in 2021, with 26 new entries.
Most of them are also from the United States, a country that is home to a record 813 billionaires. In second place on the table is China, including Hong Kong, with 473 billionaires, while India ranks third, with 200 of the world's richest people.
For the second year in a row, French businessman Bernard Arnault topped the podium, followed by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison in the top five.
Values refer to data recorded up to March 8, 2024.
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