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RICHEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD, RANKED BY NET WORTH

By Jessica Learish

September 24, 2021 / 6:44 PM / CBS NEWS

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Who is the richest woman in the world?

According to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index, there are currently no women ranked
in the top 10 richest people in the world. Today, the world's richest woman
ranks at No. 11 overall, behind the likes of Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and
Larry Page.

And the list may soon be in flux since Bill and Melinda Gates announced they're
divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Though the details of the divorce
settlement have yet to be made public, Bill Gates is the fourth-richest man in
the world, with a net worth around $149 billion, as of September 2021.

But until we learn more financial fallout from the Gates' split, here is the
list of the 50 richest women on Earth.

Much of the world's wealth depends on a constantly fluctuating stock market;
these were the rankings as of September 2021.




44. NANCY WALTON LAURIE

Patrick McMullan

Net worth: $7 billion

Nancy Walton Laurie, the daughter of the late Bud Walton, inherited a portion of
her father's Walmart stake when he died in 1995.




43. SHU PING

Mai Shangmin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images

Net worth: $7.1 billion

Shu Ping is a co-founder of the Beijing-based Sichuan-style hot-pot chain
Haidilao.

The restaurant's name means "deep sea dredging" in Chinese.




42. JIAN JUN

IMEIk Technology Development

Net worth: $8.05 billion

This Chinese businesswoman's fortunes have grown incredibly quickly since her
company made its debut on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in September 2020. 

She is the chair of IMEIk Technology Development, a company that makes
medical-grade beauty products like skin fillers.




41. SHARI ARISON

Getty Images

Net worth: $7.6 billion

Shari Arison is the owner of Arison Investments, a position she inherited when
her father died in 1999. 

Arison is the wealthiest woman in Israel.




40. TATYANA BAKALCHUK

Elena Chernyshova/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Net worth: $7.9 billion

A Russian entrepreneur of Korean descent, Bakalchuk is the CEO of Wildberries,
Russia's largest retail site. 

She is the first self-made woman billionaire out of Russia.




39. ELIZABETH JOHNSON

Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Net worth: $8 billion

Elizabeth Johnson is the granddaughter of Fidelity Investments founder Edward
Johnson II. 

Her sister, Abigail, is currently the CEO of the company.




38. RONDA STRYKER

Getty Images

Net worth: $8.1 billion

Ronda Stryker is an heir to the Stryker Corp. medical equipment manufacturing
fortune. 

Stryker has been a director of the U.S. company for more than 30 years.




37. LIZ MOHN

Franziska Krug/Getty Images for Titanic Hotel

Net worth: $8.15 billion

A German businesswoman, Mohn was married to Bertelsmann media magnate Reinhard
Mohn until his death in 2009. Since 1999, Liz Mohn has played a leading role at
Bertelsmann. 

In 2009, she succeeded her late husband as the head of the company.




36. TAMARA HUGHES GUSTAVSON

Courtesy of Public Storage

Net worth: $8.2 billion

Tamara Hughes Gustavson's late father was the founder and chairman of Public
Storage. 

She is the company's largest shareholder.




34 (TIE). RAHEL BLOCHER

Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Net worth: $8.7 billion

Like her sister, fellow billionaire Magdalena Martullo-Blocher, Rahel Blocher
owes her fortunes to an inherited stake in the family's chemical manufacturing
company, Ems-Chemie. 

Unlike her CEO sister, Rahel isn't actively involved in the company's
operations.




34 (TIE). TAYLOR THOMSON

George Pimentel/WireImage/Getty Images

Net worth: $8.7 billion

Thomson, a Canadian heiress, owns 14% of Woodbridge Company, a privately held
investment firm based in Ontario. 

The Thomsons are one of Canada's richest families.




33. SANDRA ORTEGA MERA

Xurxo Lobato/Getty Images

Net worth: $8.8 billion

Sandra Ortega Mera's father, Amancio Ortega, founded the retail chain Zara in
Spain. 

Mera inherited a small, but valuable, share of Zara's parent company when her
mother died in 2013.




32. MAGDALENA MARTULLO-BLOCHER

Peter Klaunzer/AFP/Getty Images

Net worth: $8.95 billion

Martullo-Blocher is the CEO of the Swiss chemical manufacturing company
Ems-Chemie. 

She took over the CEO role in 2004 when her father, Christoph Blocher, was
elected to the Swiss Federal Council.




31. BLAIR PARRY-OKEDEN

Cox Enterprises

Net worth: $9.5 billion

American-born Blair Parry-Okeden inherited 25% of Cox Enterprises when her
mother, Barbara Cox Anthony, died in 2007.

She was born and raised in Hawaii.




30. CHRISTY WALTON

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Net worth: $10 billion

Christy Walton is the American widow of Walmart heir John T. Walton. 

Walton inherited part of her husband's fortune when he died in a plane crash in
2005.




29. MARIE-HELENE HABERT-DASSAULT

Francois Guillot/AP

Net worth: $10.4 billion

Habert-Dassault's father was French billionaire and aerospace tycoon Serge
Dassault. She and her three brothers inherited their father's wealth when he
died in May 2018.

She served as president of the supervisory board of the family's Dassault Group
conglomerate but stepped down in 2019.




28. ANTONIA AXSON JOHNSON

Jorgen Hildebrandt/Axel Johnson Inc.

Net worth: $10.9 billion

Antonia Axson Johnson is the fourth-generation chairperson of her family's
company, Swedish retail and service industry giant Axel Johnson AB.

She holds a master's degree in psychology and economics.




27. ZHONG HUIJUAN

Zhang Wei/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images

Net worth: $11 billion

Zhong Huijuan is the chairwoman of Chinese drug manufacturer Hansoh
Pharmaceutical Group. 

Before getting into the pharmaceutical business, Zhong was a chemistry teacher.




26. ZHOU QUNFEI

STR/AFP/Getty Images

Net worth: $11.3 billion 

Zhou is the chairwoman and founder of major touchscreen manufacturer Lens
Technology.

The youngest of three children from a poor family, she is considered to be
self-made.




25. WU YAJUN

May Tse/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

Net worth: $11.5 billion

Wu Yajun is the co-founder of Longfor Properties, a Beijing real estate
investment company.

She started her career as a journalist. 




21 (TIE). VALERIE MARS

FCA Group

Net worth: $11.7 billion

Valerie Mars is the senior vice president of corporate development at U.S. food
company Mars Inc. 

She is also on the board of directors of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Her sisters
are Pamela Mars-Wright, Marijke Mars and Victoria B. Mars.




21 (TIE). PAMELA MARS-WRIGHT

Mars Inc. via Facebook

Net worth: $11.7 billion

Pamela Mars-Wright currently serves as the family's ambassador to the Mars Inc.
pet-care division.

She is also a supervisory board member of Dutch brewing company Heineken
International.




21 (TIE). VICTORIA MARS

Getty Images

Net worth: $11.7 billion

Victoria Mars is an heiress to the Mars Inc. fortune. 

She served as the company's chairperson from 2014 until 2017.




21 (TIE). MARIJKE MARS

Mars Inc. Newsroom

Net worth: $11.7 billion

Marijke Mars and her sisters each inherited an estimated 8% of Mars Inc. when
their father died in 2016.




20. SAVITRI JINDAL

Rajkumar/Mint/Getty Images

Net worth: $12.9 billion

Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India.

She married Indian steel and oil magnate O.P. Jindal in 1970. She became the
chairperson of the Jindal Group when her husband died in 2005.

But it wasn't just industrial capital that Jindal inherited. She was also
elected to her late husband's legislative seat in India's Haryana state and
served from 2005 to 2014.




19. SHERRY BRYDSON

Courtesy of Viking Air

Net worth: $14 billion

Sherry Brydson is among Canada's richest people. Through a private holding
company, she is the controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters Corp. Her
grandfather, Roy Thomson, founded the Thomson Corp. in 1934. 

Brydson also owns Viking Air.




17 (TIE). FAN HONGWEI

Aizhu Chen/Reuters

Net worth: $15.8 billion

Fan is the chairwoman of Hengli Petrochemical Co., a Chinese research and
development firm that produces polyester fiber products.

In this photo, an employee answers the phone in the company's lobby.




17 (TIE). CHARLENE DE CARVALHO-HEINEKEN

Getty Images

Net worth: $15.8 billion

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken inherited a 25% controlling stake in Heineken
International when her father died in 2002. 

She is now an executive member of the Dutch company's board of directors.




16. BEATE HEISTER

Getty Images

Net worth: $15.9 billion

Beate Heister's father, Karl Albrecht, founded the German discount grocery store
chain Aldi.

She sits on the company's advisory board.




15. VICKY SAFRA

SANG TAN/AP

Net worth: $16.2 billion

Via her late husband, Safra and her family are guardians of the vast Safra
fortune, which including banking interests in Switzerland and Brazil. 

The portfolio also includes London's Swiss Re skyscraper, also known as the
Gherkin. 




14. SARA MOTA DE LARREA

Grupo Mexico Newsroom

Net worth: $17.3 billion

Sara Mota de Larrea is the widow of Jorge Larrea, the founder of mining company
Grupo México.

Jorge Larrea had been known as Mexico's "copper king" until his death in 1999.




13. GINA RINEHART

Chris Putnam/Barcroft Media/Getty Images

Net worth: $17.9 billion

Gina Rinehart is an Australian mining heiress and chairperson of Hancock
Prospecting. 

Her father, who founded the company, died in 1992.




12. IRIS FONTBONA

Teletón/Anatel

Net worth: $20.1 billion

Iris Fontbona inherited her wealth when her husband, Andrónico Luksic Abaroa,
died in 2005. 

Fontbona is the wealthiest person in Chile.




11. ELAINE T. MARSHALL

AP

Net worth: $20.7 billion 

Elaine T. Marshall holds an estimated 15% stake in Koch Industries. 

She inherited the stake when her husband, E. Pierce Marshall, died in 2006.




10. SUSANNE KLATTEN

Andreas Gebert/Picture Alliance/Getty Images

Net worth: $21.7 billion

Susanne Klatten is a German heiress. 

Klatten inherited large stakes in many companies — including BMW and
pharmaceutical manufacturer Altana — when her father died in 1982.




9. LAURENE POWELL JOBS

Getty Images

Net worth: $22.2 billion

Laurene Powell Jobs is the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. 

In 2004, she founded the Emerson Collective, an LLC that focuses on social
justice issues and immigration reform.




8. YANG HUIYAN

Country Garden Holdings

Net worth: $23.5 billion

Yang Huiyan of China is the wealthiest woman in Asia. 

She received a majority stake in Country Garden Holdings, a real estate
development company, from her father in 2007.




7. MIRIAM ADELSON

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Net worth: $25.3 billion

In January 2021, billionaire Sheldon Adelson died at 87. Now, his widow is
listed as one of the richest women on earth.

In 2018, then President Donald Trump presented Miriam Adelson with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House.




6. ABIGAIL JOHNSON

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Net worth: $26.3 billion

Abigail Johnson has served as the CEO of Fidelity Investments since 2014. 

Her grandfather, Edward C. Johnson II, founded the company in 1946.




5. JACQUELINE MARS

Getty Images

Net worth: $46.9 billion 

Jacqueline Mars (center) is the daughter of Forrest Mars, Sr., and heiress to
the Mars family fortune. 

She's the aunt of the younger Mars sisters.




4. MACKENZIE SCOTT

Getty Images

Net worth: $56.4 billion

MacKenzie Scott, formerly MacKenzie Bezos, joined Twitter on April 4, 2019 to
announce that she would retain control of 25% of the former couple's shares in
Amazon after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Since then, she's donated billions to charity.




3. JULIA FLESHER KOCH

Andrew Toth/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Net worth (with family): $60.2 billion

Julia Flesher Koch was the richest woman in the world from 2019 to 2020. 

Her husband, chemical engineering magnate and political donor David Koch, died
in August of 2019.




2. ALICE WALTON

Getty Images

Net worth: $61.9 billion

Alice Walton is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton. 

She is an avid art collector and founded Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
in Bentonville, Arkansas.




1. FRANCOISE BETTENCOURT MEYERS

Getty Images

Net worth: $89.1billion 

French L'Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in the
world, according to Forbes.

She is No. 12 on the list of the world's richest people.




First published on February 5, 2019 / 8:55 PM




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