Table of contents:
- 1. Liliane Bettencourt ($ 45 billion)
- 2. Alice Walton ($ 51.4 billion)
- 3. Christy Walton ($ 41.8 billion)
- 4. Jacqueline Mars ($ 29.7 billion)
- 5. Lauren Powell Jobs ($ 21.3 billion
- 6. Maria Franca Fissolo ($ 25.2 billion)
- 7. Suzanne Klatten ($ 18.8 billion)
- 8. Iris Fontbona ($ 14.8 billion)
- 9. Joanna Quandt ($ 14 billion)
- 10. Anne Cox Chambers ($ 17.4 billion)
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Of the nearly 2,000 billionaires registered for Forbes, eleven percent are women. Although this number is quite low, it has been growing over the years, helping to keep them in this ranking of the Forbes 100 Most Influential Billionaires.
1. Liliane Bettencourt ($ 45 billion)
Liliane Bettencourt was the direct heiress to the fortune of the French cosmetics giant and superbrand l'Oreal. Today she is called the richest woman in the world, with over 45 billion in US currency in her bank account. Lillian herself brought real help to this corporation for a long time. In 1907, when the brand was founded by her father, she helped him not only set the right tone, but also manage it. However, in 2011, everything changed and Lillian found herself outside the ruling helm. According to the media, Lillian's daughter, claiming that her mother suffers from dementia and is not able to do business, forced her to leave her post and retire on a well-deserved, highly paid pension.
2. Alice Walton ($ 51.4 billion)
Thanks to the tremendous success of the Wal-Mart chain, it's not surprising that many of the Walton founding family have taken pride of place on this list. Alice's girlfriend, who is John's brother and Christie's daughter-in-law, secured a solid second place. Just like John, and with him Haymes Lawrence, she became one of the founders of the company itself. Alice's wealth now totals about 52 billion greens, which she spends to help emerging and famous artists in America. For example, she founded the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which today is the National Museum of Art in America, where you can see exhibitions and other events dedicated to the work of American artists.
3. Christy Walton ($ 41.8 billion)
Much of her wealth comes from money that she received from her husband, John Walton, who amassed his billions through the founding of Wal-Mart. After the founder of the company passed away in a plane crash in 2005, Christie was one of those who received a considerable amount, namely, $ 18 billion. After the money went to her, over the years she only multiplied them, becoming one of the richest female representatives in the world, firmly taking the third line in the ranking.
4. Jacqueline Mars ($ 29.7 billion)
In fourth place was Jacqueline Mars, a woman who is the granddaughter of the legendary Frank Mars, the founder of the confectionery factory and the Mars bar of the same name. As a co-owner of the company and with a stake worth eleven billion dollars, Jacqueline is considered one of the wealthiest women in the world, owning, in addition to a confectionery factory, such well-known manufacturing facilities and brands as Whiskas and Uncle Ben's, the total income of which is thirty billion in the total of her wealth.
5. Lauren Powell Jobs ($ 21.3 billion
Lauren Powell Jobs is a woman who was married to popular genius Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of an apple company. It is thanks to her titled husband that she ranks fifth on our list. Although she was one of the main investors in the legendary brand, Lauren founded College Track, which is a group dedicated to helping students wishing to graduate from college, and she also founded the world famous Emerson Collective. Its main goal is to accelerate the reform of society through entrepreneurship. She also owns the Jobs Trust, which is today the largest shareholder in Walt Disney, with a 7.7 percent stake.
6. Maria Franca Fissolo ($ 25.2 billion)
The life situation of Maria's woman can be called something similar to Christy Walton, because she, like her predecessor, received an incredible jackpot from her late husband. Maria Franca Fissolo was married to a famous person - Mikel Ferrero, a popular Italian candy master, who was widely known to all sweet tooth, in particular for such a delicious delicacy as Nutella pasta. The pastry chef left this world in 2015, after which the woman, together with her son Giovanni, became the owner of his company, which today produces not only sweets and chocolates, but also many other sweets, among which it is worth noting such as Kinder, Tic Tacs and Ferrero Rocher … This popular Italian couple has about twenty-five billion US dollars in their bank accounts today.
7. Suzanne Klatten ($ 18.8 billion)
Suzanne today is one of the richest and most enviable ladies in all of Germany, which owes this title to her world-famous father. Herbert Werner Quandt is a man who is known not only as an experienced industrialist, but also as a real savior of the now popular automobile brand BMW. It was this phenomenal success that he passed on to his beautiful daughter. Now the girl has focused all her attention on the development in the field of pharmaceuticals and chemistry under the guidance of Altana AG. After Herbert's death, the girl received the main stake in this company, which, together with 12.5 percent of BMW shares, gives her a good budget of 19 billion green.
8. Iris Fontbona ($ 14.8 billion)
A woman named Iris Fontbona became the heir to Antofagasta Plc, owned by Andronoico Luksic. Among other things, the girl also owns the mines in Chile, which have a fairly high copper content. It is also worth noting that she has a huge number of promotional packages participating in trading on the UK stock exchange. The size of her bank account is truly impressive - about $ 15 billion, which allowed her not only to occupy eighth place in this ranking according to Forbes magazine, but also to rank herself among the most famous and richest women in the world.
9. Joanna Quandt ($ 14 billion)
Suzanne Klatten's mom, Joanna, became famous and wealthy thanks to her husband, Herbert Werner Quandt. Joanna is his official third wife, who, it is worth noting, has taken up a respected board position at BMW, but prefers to find herself outside the tabloids. The media knows practically nothing about her, except that she has about 14 billion in her bank account, and she also lives in a small settlement near Hamburg, namely, in Bad Homburg in der Hohe. It is also worth noting that thanks to her position, she was able to bring many innovations to journalism and the education system of modern Germany.
10. Anne Cox Chambers ($ 17.4 billion)
Anne Cox Chambers became one of the oldest wealthy people in this ranking, who, like many of whom we have mentioned, is grateful for her success as another person. In this case, all those 17.4 billion greens began to belong to her after her famous father, who at one time was engaged in publishing, was a well-known communication entrepreneur, and also sold cars online.
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