List of female billionaires

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Forbes publishes an annual ranking of the wealthiest female billionaires worldwide. The 2023 edition features 337 women, an increase from 327 in the previous year. Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has maintained her position as the richest woman globally.

A 2021 survey of billionaires revealed that women make up 11.9% of the total billionaire population, with slightly more than half inheriting their wealth and around 30% possessing a combination of inherited and self-generated fortunes. Data from 2017 indicates that 16.9% of female billionaires have accumulated their wealth independently, while 53.5% derive their fortunes from both inheritance and personal enterprise.

2023 list

According to Forbes' fixed ranking for 2023, the leading ten women billionaires are:

No.	Name	Image	Birth date	Net worth Template:US$ (billions)	Citizenship	Source	World rank
Steady 1	Françoise Bettencourt Meyers		(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953	Increase 74.8	France	L'Oréal	Increase 1
Increase 2	Julia Koch		(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962	Decrease 59	United States	Koch industries	Decrease 17
Decrease 3	Alice Walton		(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949	Decrease 56.7	United States	Walmart	Decrease 21
Increase 4	Jacqueline Mars		(1939-10-10) 10 October 1939	Increase 38.3	United States	Mars, Inc.	Increase 31
Increase 5	Miriam Adelson		(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945	Increase 35	Template:Country data Israel / United States	Las Vegas Sands	Increase 35
Increase 6	Rafaela Aponte-Diamant		Template:Birth based on age as of date	Increase 31.2	Italy	Mediterranean Shipping Company	Increase 43
Increase 7	Susanne Klatten		(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962	Increase 27.4	Germany	Altana, BMW	Increase 51	=
Decrease 8	Gina Rinehart		(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954	Decrease27	Australia	Hancock Prospecting	Decrease52
Decrease9	MacKenzie Scott		(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970	Decrease24.4	United States	Amazon.com	Decrease60
Decrease10	Iris Fontbona		Template:Birth based on age as of date	Increase23.1	Template:Country data Chile	Antofagasta plc	Increase65

2022 list

The Forbes static ranking for the top ten female billionaires in 2022 is as follows:

No.	Name	Image	Birth date	Net worth Template:US$ (billions)	Citizenship	Source	World rank
Steady 1	Françoise Bettencourt Meyers		(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953	Increase 74.8	France	L'Oréal	Decrease 14
Steady 2	Alice Walton		(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949	Increase 65.3	Template:Flag United States	Walmart	Decrease18
Increase3	Julia Koch		Template:Birth date and age 1962 4 12 df=y	Increase60	United States	\[\[Koch industries\]\]	\{\{increase\}\}21
\{\{decrease\}\}3	\[\[MacKenzie Scott\]\]		\{\{birth date and age\}\}1970 4 7 df=y	\{\{decrease\}\}43.6	\{\{flag\}\}United States	\[\[Amazon.com\]\]	\{\{decrease\}\}30
\{\{increase\}\}5	\[\[Jacqueline Mars\]\]		\{\{birth date and age\}\}1939 10 10 df=y	\{\{increase\}\}31.7	\{\{flag\}\}United States	\[\[Mars, Incorporated\]\]	\{\{increase\}\}41
\{\{increase\}\}6	\[\[Gina Rinehart\]\]		\{\{birth date and age\}\}1954 2 9 df=y	\{\{increase\}\}30.2	\{\{flag\}\}Australia	\[\[Hancock Prospecting\]\]	\{\{increase\}\}46
\{\{decrease\}\}7	\[\[Miriam Adelson\]\]		\{\{birth date and age\}\}1945 10 10 df=y	\{\{decrease\}\}27.5	\(Israel / United States\)	\"Las Vegas Sands"	\{\{decrease\}\}50
\{\{steady\}\}8	\[\[Susanne Klatten\]\]		\{\{birth date and age \}\}1962 \4 \28 \df=y \)	\{\{decrease \}\}24.3	Germany	Altana, BMW	\{\{decrease \}\}56
\{\{increase \}\}9	\[\[Iris Fontbona\]\]	~74 (2017)	{\{\{decrease \}\}22.8}	Chile	Antofagasta plc	{\{\{increase \}\}67}
\{\{increase \}\}10	\[\[Abigail Johnson\]\]	1961-12-19	21.2	United States	Fidelity Investments	75

2021 list

In January 2021, CEOWORLD Magazine assessed Françoise Bettencourt Meyers's fortune, including family holdings, at $71.4 billion.

According to Forbes' static ranking, the leading 10 female billionaires were:

No.	Name	Image	Birth date	Net worth Template:US$ (billions)	Citizenship	Source	World rank
\u2191 1	\u00c9Fran\u00e7oise Bettencourt Meyers		\u00a71953-07-10	\u2191 \$73.6B	\u00a7France	\u00a7L'Or\u00e9al	\u2191 #12
\u2193 2	\u00c9Alice Walton	\u00a71949-10-07	\u2193 \$61.8B	\u00a7United States	\u00a7Walmart	\u2193 #17
\u2190 3	\u00c9MacKenzie Scott	\u00a71970-04-07	\u2193 \$53B	\u00a7United States	\u00a7Amazon.com	\u2193 #22
\u2190 4	\u00c9Julia Koch	\u00a71962-04-12	\u2191 \$46.4B	\u00a7United States	\u00a7Koch Industries	\u2193 #27
\u2191 5	\u00c9Miriam Adelson	\u00a71945-10-10	(Israel / United States)	"Las Vegas Sands"	\u2191 #36
\u2193 6	\u00c9Jacqueline Mars	\u00a71939-10-10	\u2191 \$31.3B	\u00a7United States	"Mars, Inc."	\u2193 #48
\u2193 7	\u00c9Yang Huiyan	\u00a71981-07-20	(Cyprus)	"Country Garden Holdings"	\u2191 \$29.6B	\u2193 #50
\u2193 8	\u00c9Susanne Klatten	\u00a71962-04-28	(Germany)	"Altana", "BMW"	\u2191 \$27.7B	\u2191 #53
\u2191 9	\u00c9Gina Rinehart	\u00a71954-02-09	(Australia)	"Hancock Prospecting"	\$23.6B 70
\u2191 10	\x89Iris Fontbona	~74 (2017)	(Chile)	"Antofagasta plc" 74

2020 list

Forbes' March 2020 ranking listed the top ten female billionaires as follows:

No.	Name	Image	Birth date	Net worth Template:US$ (billions)	Citizenship	Source	World rank
Increase 1	Alice Walton		(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949	Increase 65.9	United States	Walmart	Steady 12
Decrease 2	Françoise Bettencourt Meyers		(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953	Increase 65.4	France	L'Oréal	Steady 13
Increase 3	MacKenzie Scott		(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970	Increase 62.3	United States	Amazon	Decrease 17
Increase 4	Julia Koch		(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962	Increase 44.9	United States	Koch industries	Increase 24
Increase 5	Jacqueline Mars		(1939-10-10) 10 October 1939	Increase 28.9	United States	Mars, Incorporated	Increase 38
Decrease 6	Yang Huiyan		(1981-07-20) July 20, 1981	Increase 27.3	Cyprus	Country Garden Holdings	Decrease 43
Decrease 7	Susanne Klatten		(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962	Increase 23.9	Germany	'Altana', 'BMW'	'decrease' 54
'decrease' 8	'Laurene Powell Jobs'	80px'	1963 |11 |6 |df=y '	'increase' 19.9	'flag United States'	'Apple Inc.', 'The Walt Disney Company'	'decrease' 67
'increase' 9	'Zhong Huijuan'		1961'	'increase' 18.8	'flag China'	'Hansoh Pharmaceutical'	'increase' 70
'decrease' 10	'Gina Rinehart'	80px'	1954 |2 |9 |df=y '	'increase' 16.1	'flag Australia'	'Hancock Prospecting'	'decrease' 103

See also

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