Top Ten Richest Women In The World
Individuals are getting wealthier as the globe is rattled by crises on several levels (political, economic, financial...). The American magazine Forbes tracks the wealth patterns of the world's wealthiest individuals every month, and women stand out in the categories. The top ten richest women in the world provide us with fascinating histories and insights into how they amassed a fortune worth tens of billions of dollars.
Forbes' latest study of the world's 10 richest women looks like this:
10) Iris Fontbona
Iris Fontbona is the widow of Andronik Luki, a Croatian immigrant who made a fortune in the copper mines. Polikarp Luki, his father, migrated to Chile from the island of Bra in 1910. Fontbona and her offspring own one of the world's largest copper producers, Antofagasta. They also control a significant share in the multinational Quience. Fontbone's net worth is presently estimated to be $21.2 billion.
9) Gina Reinhart
Gina Reinhart, Australia's richest person, made her fortune from iron ore. She saved her father's company, Hancock Prospecting, from bankruptcy. Aside from mining, she makes a lot of money by keeping cattle. Reinhart is "heavy" on 21.9 billion dollars, according to Forbes.
8) Yang Hueyang
She controls 57 percent of the real estate firm Country Garden Holdings. Her father, Jong Kwok Keung, had previously owned the firm and had passed it on to her in 2007. Its present assets are valued at $ 23.6 billion.
7) Susan Klaten
Susan Klaten owns 19.1% of the German "BMW," while her brother Stefan Kvant holds 23.61%. Joan, their late mother, was the third wife of Herbert Quant, an industrialist who saved BMW when it was on the edge of bankruptcy in the 1960s. Her net worth is currently $ 28.5 billion.
6) Miriam Adelson
Miriam Adelson is the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the former CEO and president of Las Vegas Sands, who died in January 2021 at the age of 87. She currently owns more than half of the casinos in Las Vegas, Singapore, and Mecca. Her net worth is approximately $31.3 billion.
5) Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars controls around one-third of Mars, the world's largest candy manufacturer, which her grandfather started. She worked for the firm for over two decades and was on the board until 2016. Her assets are valued at $33.8 billion.
4) McKenzie Scott
McKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with whom she had a 25-year marriage. They divorced in the middle of 2019, and she subsequently received a 25% stake in Amazon, catapulting her into the ranks of the world's wealthiest women. Her current assets are valued at $44.9 billion.
3) Julia Koch
Julia Koch and her three children acquired a 42% share in Koch Industries from her late husband David, who died in August 2019 at the age of 79. Its assets are valued at $53.8 billion.
2) Alice Walton
Walton is the only daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of the American retail giant "Walmart." Her main interest is art, and she is not as interested in Walmart as her brothers, Rob and Jim Walton. According to Forbes, Alice's fortune is worth $62.8 billion.
- Françoise Bettencourt Myer
She is the granddaughter of L'Oreal's founder. Françoise and her family own around 33% of the company's stock. The fortune of L'Oreal's first wife is presently valued at $78.8 billion.
