Who is the richest woman in the world? Here, we present the list of top 10 richest women in the world f...
Who
is the richest woman in the world? Here, we present the list of top 10
richest women in the world for the year 2014. This list of rich women
contains details of net worth, source of wealth and a brief biography.
Also, world’s richest women are from different countries and the basis
of the list is data from Forbes magazine. Some of them have their wealth
inherited while some of them have made their wealth themselves. Let us
see the top ten ladies who have more money on planet Earth than any
other women according to their ranking by Forbes magazine.
#1) Christy Walton – $36.7 B
Christy
Walton ranks #09 in the list of richest people in the world. (Source)
She is the widow of John Walton. Her father-in-law was Sam Walton, who
is the founder of largest retailing chain Wal-Mart. Currently, she
resides in the United States, which is also her birthplace. Her major
chunk of net worth is because of stocks in Wal-mart and in the First
Solar Company. Her wealth is inherited and not self-made. She is also
the wealthiest woman billionaire in the United States of America. Her
net worth stands at $28.2 Billions and she resides in Jackson, Wyoming
in USA!
#2) Liliane Bettencourt – $34.5 Billion
Being
the second, Liliane Bettencourt is also the wealthiest female in all
European countries. She is also the richest person in France after
overtaking billionaire Bernard Arnault in the month of March 2013. She
is the principal shareholder in the largest cosmetics company L’Oreal.
L’oreal was founded by her father and she is the only daughter. She
inherited stocks after her father’s death. Some months ago, Liliane
Bettencourt was in the news for having sold her island Paradise in
Seychelles for around $60 million. This gave her profits of $42 million.
(Source)
#3) Alice Walton – $34.3 Billion
Sister-in-law
of Christy Walton and the only daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton,
Alice’s net worth stands at whopping Thirty Four Billion US Dollars.
She was born in Arkansas and is a citizen of the United States. She
resides in Fort Worth, Texas in USA. She is one of the members of Walton
family. She inherited her wealth from her father late Sam Walton. Her
major source of income is through Wal-Mart. She was also recognized by
Times Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world.
(Source)
#4) Jaqueline Mars – $20 B – From United States
Daughter
of Forrest Edwards Mars Sr. , Jaqueline Mars belongs to one of the
richest family in the world i.e. Mars Family. Her family is next to
Walton Family and Koch Family in terms of wealth. She resides in The
Plains, Virginia, United States of America. Her business is on
manufacturing and selling candies. Her company is the largest candy
maker. Regarded as one of the famous investors in the world, the much
famed Warren Buffet holds undisclosed ownership in her company. (ref)
#5) Gina Rinehart – $17.7 B
The
richest person in the country of Australia, Gina Rinehart ranks fifth
in this list. She is the daughter of late Lang Hancock, who was a mining
tycoon. She inherited the business from her father and took it to new
heights which is reflected in her net worth. According to Forbes, her
net worth stands at twenty Billion US Dollars. Her major source of
wealth is from mining and hence she is sometimes also called as ‘Mining
Billionaire’. She also ranks consistently in the list of most powerful
women in the world. She has been involved in much controversy over her
wealth and had legal court cases wither her children. (Ref)
#6) Susanne Klatten – $17.4 B – Richest Woman in Germany
Daughter
of Herbert Quandt, Susanne Klatten was born in Bad Homburg in Germany.
She is a citizen of Germany and resides in that country. She also
occupies a place in Forbes German Billionaires. She inherited her
father’s wealth along with her brother Stefan Quandt. She owns stakes in
popular car manufacturer BMW and in pharmaceutical company Altana. A
much famous investigation was launched over claims of her father’s close
friendship with **** Germany’s Adolf Hitler.(ref)
#7) Abigail Johnson – $17.3 B – Fidelity Investments
American
businesswoman and President of Fidelity Investments, Abigail Johnson is
the seventh in this top 10 rankings. She is the daughter of Edward
Johnson III, who is also an American billionaire. As per Forbes
Magazine, she ranks consistently in the list of richest people in the
USA and occupies a position in Forbes billionaires. She is also the
most powerful woman in the global fund management business (Source). She
is an alumnus of Harvard University and has been named as one of the
most powerful women in the world. (ref) In August 2012, her father
promoted her to the post of President of Fidelity Financial Services.
Her father has been one of very close friends of much famed money
manager Peter Lynch. (ref)
#8) Anne Cox Chambers – $15.5 B
Born
on 1st December, 1919, aged 93, Anne Cox is the oldest richest woman
in the world on this list. Her father was once a Democratic Presidential
Candidate in US Elections of year 1920. She is the primary owner of Cox
Enterprises. Cox Enterprises was founded by her father, James Middleton
Cox after taking over a newspaper named Dayton Evening News. She was
once a US ambassador to Belgium under the government of Jimmy Carter
from 1977-1981. (Ref 1 & ref 2. )
#9) Laurene Powell Jobs -Net Worth: $14 Billion
Laurene
is the wife of late inventor Steve Jobs. She inherited all the stakes
of jobs in Apple, Pixar, Disney and many other small firms. She met the
much-famed Apple co-founder in a college and later went on a dinner with
her.
#10) Miuccia Prada – $11.1 B – Richest Woman in Italy
As
per the latest data, Miuccia Prada is the third richest person in
Italy. Born in the second – largest city of Milan, Italy, she took over
the reins of fashion company Prada from her mother. On list of most
powerful women, she ranks #67. Her academic degrees and qualifications
are unmatchable with any other woman in this list. She holds a
Doctorate in Pedagogical Sciences from University of Milan. (ref)
Source: Techscio.com
