List of female billionaires explained

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, up from 327 in 2022. 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.[1]

2023 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are:[2]

No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth
(billions)
CitizenshipSourceWorld
rank
1Françoise Bettencourt Meyers10 July 1953 74.8 FranceL'Oréal 1
212 April 1962 59Koch industries 17
37 October 1949 56.7 United StatesWalmart 21
410 October 1939 38.3 31
510 October 1945 35 Israel / United States 35
6Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 31.2 Italy 43
728 April 1962 27.4 51
89 February 1954 27 52
9MacKenzie Scott7 April 1970 24.4Amazon.com 60
10 23.1 ChileAntofagasta plc 65

2022 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are:[3]

No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth
(billions)
CitizenshipSourceWorld
rank
110 July 1953 74.8 FranceL'Oréal 14
27 October 1949 65.3 United StatesWalmart 18
312 April 1962 60Koch industries 21
3MacKenzie Scott7 April 1970 43.6Amazon.com 30
510 October 1939 31.7 41
69 February 1954 30.2 46
710 October 1945 27.5 Israel / United States 50
828 April 1962 24.3 56
9 22.8 United StatesAntofagasta plc 67
1019 December 1961 21.2 United StatesFidelity 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, are:[5]

No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth
(billions)
CitizenshipSourceWorld
rank
110 July 1953 73.6 FranceL'Oréal 12
27 October 1949 61.8 United StatesWalmart 17
3MacKenzie Scott7 April 1970 53Amazon.com 22
412 April 1962 46.4Koch industries 27
510 October 1945 38.2 Israel / United States 36
610 October 1939 31.3 48
720 July 1981 29.6 Cyprus[6] 50
828 April 1962 27.7 53
99 February 1954 23.6 70
10 23.5 ChileAntofagasta plc 74

2020 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are:[7]

No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth
(billions)
CitizenshipSourceWorld
rank
17 October 1949 65.9 United StatesWalmart 12
210 July 1953 65.4 FranceL'Oréal 13
3MacKenzie Scott7 April 1970 62.3Amazon 17
412 April 1962 44.9Koch industries 24
510 October 1939 28.9 38
620 July 1981 27.3 Cyprus 43
728 April 1962 23.9 54
86 November 1963 19.9 United StatesApple Inc., The Walt Disney Company 67
9 18.8 ChinaHansoh Pharmaceutical 70
109 February 1954 16.1 103

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brinded . Lianna . There are more female billionaires in the world, mostly thanks to inheritance . Quartz . 2018-05-18 . 2023-09-08.
  2. Web site: Lopez Gomes. Gabriela . The World’s Richest Women Billionaires 2023. Forbes. 2023-04-04.
  3. Web site: Sandler. Rachel. The World’s Richest Women Billionaires 2023. Forbes. 2022-04-05.
  4. Web site: Ranked: The World's Richest Women, 2021. 19 January 2021.
  5. Web site: The top 10 richest women in the world . . 6 April 2021 . 19 April 2021.
  6. Web site: China's richest woman buys EU citizenship with 'golden passport' . August 26, 2020. Taiwan News.
  7. Web site: The top 10 richest women in the world . . 18 March 2020 . 14 June 2020.