List of female billionaires

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

The 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		(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71)	74.8	France	L'Oréal	1
2	Julia Koch		(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62)	59	United States	Koch industries	17
3	Alice Walton		(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75)	56.7	United States	Walmart	21
4	Jacqueline Mars		(1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85)	38.3	United States	Mars, Inc.	31
5	Miriam Adelson		(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79)	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		(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62)	27.4	Germany	Altana, BMW	51
8	Gina Rinehart		(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70)	27	Australia	Hancock Prospecting	52
9	MacKenzie Scott		(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54)	24.4	United States	Amazon.com	60
10	Iris Fontbona		1942 or 1943 (age 81–82)	23.1	Chile	Antofagasta plc	65

2022 list

The 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		(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71)	74.8	France	L'Oréal	14
2	Alice Walton		(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75)	65.3	United States	Walmart	18
3	Julia Koch		(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62)	60	United States	Koch industries	21
3	MacKenzie Scott		(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54)	43.6	United States	Amazon.com	30
5	Jacqueline Mars		(1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85)	31.7	United States	Mars, Inc.	41
6	Gina Rinehart		(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70)	30.2	Australia	Hancock Prospecting	46
7	Miriam Adelson		(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79)	27.5	Israel /  United States	Las Vegas Sands	50
8	Susanne Klatten		(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62)	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		(1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 (age 63)	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^[update], are:^[5]

No.	Name	Image	Birth date	Net worth US$ (billions)	Citizenship	Source	World rank
1	Françoise Bettencourt Meyers		(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71)	73.6	France	L'Oréal	12
2	Alice Walton		(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75)	61.8	United States	Walmart	17
3	MacKenzie Scott		(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54)	53	United States	Amazon.com	22
4	Julia Koch		(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62)	46.4	United States	Koch industries	27
5	Miriam Adelson		(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79)	38.2	Israel /  United States	Las Vegas Sands	36
6	Jacqueline Mars		(1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85)	31.3	United States	Mars, Inc.	48
7	Yang Huiyan		(1981-07-20) 20 July 1981 (age 43)	29.6	Cyprus[6]	Country Garden Holdings	50
8	Susanne Klatten		(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62)	27.7	Germany	Altana, BMW	53
9	Gina Rinehart		(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70)	23.6	Australia	Hancock Prospecting	70
10	Iris Fontbona		1942 or 1943 (age 81–82)	23.5	Chile	Antofagasta plc	74

2020 list

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

See also

• Forbes list of billionaires
• Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
• The Giving Pledge

References

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