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[update], up from 327 in 2022.[1] Since 2021, Françoise 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
editThe top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023[update], are:[1]
| 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 | 1
| |
| 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 79–80) | 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
|
 Australia
|
Hancock Prospecting | 52
|
| 9
|
MacKenzie Scott | 
|
7 April 1970 | 24.4
|
United States
|
Amazon.com | 60
|
| 10
|
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.1
|
 Chile
|
Antofagasta plc | 65
|
2022 list
editThe top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022[update], 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 81–82) | 22.8
|
United States
|
Antofagasta plc | 67
| |
| 10
|
Abigail Johnson | 
|
19 December 1961 | 21.2
|
United States
|
Fidelity Investments | 75
|
2021 list
editIn 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 $71.4 billion.[4]
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021[update], are:[5]
| No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (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 81–82) | 23.5
|
Chile
|
Antofagasta plc | 74
|
2020 list
editThe top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020[update], 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "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.