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, up from 327 in 2022.[1] From 2021 to 2024 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers was 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]

2025

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 1 April 2025, are:[3]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions) 		Citizenship Source World
rank
1 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 101 United States Walmart 15
2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 81.6 France L'Oréal 20
3 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 74.2 United States Koch industries 21
4 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 42.6 United States Mars, Inc. 33
5 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 80–81) 37.7 Italy /  Switzerland Mediterranean Shipping Company 44
6 Savitri Jindal (1950-03-20) 20 March 1950 35.5 India Jindal Group 48
7 Abigail Johnson (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 32.7 United States Fidelity Investments 55
8 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 32.1 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands 56
9 Marilyn Simons 1950 or 1951 (age 74–75) 31 United States Renaissance Technologies 57
10 Melinda French Gates (1964-08-15) 15 August 1964 30.4 United States Microsoft 58

2024

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2024, are:[4]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions) 		Citizenship Source World
rank
1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 99.5 France L'Oréal 15
2 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 72.3 United States Walmart 21
3 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 64.3 United States Koch industries 23
4 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 38.5 United States Mars, Inc. 35
5 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 35.6 United States Amazon.com 43
6 Savitri Jindal (1950-03-20) 20 March 1950 33.5 India Jindal Group 46
7 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 80–81) 33.1 Italy /  Switzerland Mediterranean Shipping Company 48
8 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 32 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands 53
9 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 30.8 Australia Hancock Prospecting 56
10 Abigail Johnson (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 29 United States Fidelity Investments 58

2023

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023, 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 74.8 France L'Oréal 11
2 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 59 United States Koch industries 17
3 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 56.7 United States Walmart 21
4 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 38.3 United States Mars, Inc. 31
5 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 35 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands 35
6 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 80–81) 31.2 Italy Mediterranean Shipping Company 43
7 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 27.4 Germany Altana, BMW 51
8 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 27 Australia Hancock Prospecting 52
9 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 24.4 United States Amazon.com 60
10 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84) 23.1 Chile Antofagasta plc 65

2022

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022, 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 74.8 France L'Oréal 14
2 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 65.3 United States Walmart 18
3 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 60 United States Koch industries 21
4 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 43.6 United States Amazon.com 30
5 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 31.7 United States Mars, Inc. 41
6 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 30.2 Australia Hancock Prospecting 46
7 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 27.5 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands 50
8 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 24.3 Germany Altana, BMW 56
9 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84) 22.8 United States Antofagasta plc 67
10 Abigail Johnson (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 21.2 United States Fidelity Investments 75

2021

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021, are:[6]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions) 		Citizenship Source World
rank
1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 73.6 France L'Oréal 12
2 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 61.8 United States Walmart 17
3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 53 United States Amazon.com 22
4 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 46.4 United States Koch industries 27
5 Miriam Adelson (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 38.2 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands 36
6 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 31.3 United States Mars, Inc. 48
7 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) 20 July 1981 29.6 Cyprus[7] Country Garden Holdings 50
8 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 27.7 Germany Altana, BMW 53
9 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 23.6 Australia Hancock Prospecting 70
10 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84) 23.5 Chile Antofagasta plc 74

2020

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020, are:[8]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions) 		Citizenship Source World
rank
1 Alice Walton (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 65.9 United States Walmart 12
2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 65.4 France L'Oréal 13
3 MacKenzie Scott (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 62.3 United States Amazon 17
4 Julia Koch (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 44.9 United States Koch industries 24
5 Jacqueline Mars (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 28.9 United States Mars, Inc. 38
6 Yang Huiyan (1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 27.3 Cyprus[7] Country Garden Holdings 43
7 Susanne Klatten (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 23.9 Germany Altana, BMW 54
8 Laurene Powell Jobs (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 19.9 United States Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company 67
9 Zhong Huijuan 1961 (age 64–65) 18.8 China Hansoh Pharmaceutical 70
10 Gina Rinehart (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 16.1 Australia Hancock Prospecting 103

See also

References

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