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Top 10 Richest Women of the World
Top 10 Richest Women of the World
Richest women of the world, if you were living in quite old times than you would have never heard this phrase but the old ages are gone when women were not counted in any aspect rather than the property of their spouse. But in the current era the women have not only gained place in our society but has also gained lot of position in different sectors of the world and many have made their name counted in the list of the richest people of the world. Most of the times it has been seen and observed that the male gender is mostly prominent, when it comes to wealth related matters but that’s not true. There are many women in the world which can be counted in the list of richest people all over the globe. Some of these richest women are inheritable rich but most of them have made their wealth on self made basis. The collection of exact figures of the wealth of these all rich females was surely a tough task due to lots of wrong information present out there but after a detailed search we are able to present you with the correct list of Top 10 richest females of the world.
10. Miuccia Prada
Miuccia Prada is an Italian fashion designer inheriting the world wide famous brand Prada. Miuccia Prada is the granddaughter of Mario Parada who was the founder of Prada. Miuccia Prada took over her family business in 1978 and no doubt due to her excellent entrepreneur skills she took Prada on new heights to make it a worldwide recognizable brand. Miuccia Prada is the one who introduced the trend black Nylon handbags and backpacks. From educational point of view Miuccia Prada is a Ph D in Political Science. A part from being in the list of top 10 riches women of the world, Miuccia Prada is also considered in the lists of best fashion designers of the world. Her main source of wealth is Prada and Prada has more than 250 stores in 65 countries of the world. The net worth of Miuccia Prada is $12.4 Billion.
9. Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers is one of those Billionaire women who were born with a golden spoon of wealth. Yup that’s right that the 94 year old rich American lady Anne Cox Chambers inherits most of her wealth from her family business including media, radio, television, newspaper through Cox media group. Apart from these the earnings of Anne Cox Chambers she is also a director of Cox Enterprises which is one of the largest diversified media companies in the United Sates. Anne Cox Chambers was the first lady to be appointed in Atlanta appointed to the board of the city’s chamber of commerce. The net worth of Anne Cox Chambers is $13.5 Billion and currently holds the tenth position in the list of richest women of the world. On the other hand if we calculate her wealth than Anne Cox Chambers holds the 80th position worldwide in the list of richest people all over the globe.
8. Susanne Klatten
51 year old German Susanne Kletten is currently the 7th richest woman of the world and the richest woman in Germany. Susanne Kletten inherited most of her wealth from her family including 50.1 % stake in Pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturer Atlanta and 12.50 % stake in BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke). From education point of view Susanne Kletten has done Master’s in Business Administration and did some jobs after completing education with an intention to become a self made person but her wealthy family background always unintentionally became a major hurdle in it. The net worth of Susanne Kletten is $14.3 Billion.
7. Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart is currently the richest woman of Australia and is the 6th richest woman of the world. Gina Rinehart has inherited mining business from her family which is growing day by day. She is also known as the mining Billionaire because her major source of income is mining. She took charge of her family business after the death of his father in 1992 and within couple of years she took the family business to new heights. Along with the family business later on Gina Rinehart bought stake in media organization and is currently the largest stake holder of Fairfax Media. The net worth of Gina Rinehart is $17 Billion.
6. Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson is probably the youngest Billionaire on our list. Abigail Johnson is an extremely talented American businesswoman and the president of Fidelity Investments which is one of the biggest multinational financial services corporations all over the globe. The Fidelity Investments was founded by the grandfather and father of Abigail Johnson and currently the Johnson family own 49 % of its total stake in company. Abigail Johnson joined Fidelity Investments in 1988 after completing her MBA from Harvard University. The net worth of Abigail Johnson is $17.2 Billion.
5. Lris Fontbona
Iris Fontbona was the wife of one of the biggest copper mining company of the world named Andronico Luksic and after the death of her husband in 2005 Iris Fontbona inherited her wealth which makes her count in the list of top 10 richest women in the world. Iris Fontbona belongs to Chile and is currently the richest women of Chile. She had 3 children and all are involved in the family business to make it grow even higher with the passage of time. The major income source of Iris Fontbona is Antofagasta plc and the net worth of Iris Fontbona is $ 17.4 Billion.
4. Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars the American lady inherits her wealth from her family candy business. She is the daughter of Forrest Mars who was the founder of Mars Incorporated, one of the biggest candy manufacturing companies of the world. As being the member of Mars family she is now the co owner of Mars Incorporated along with her brother and both almost share the same shares of the company since her father died in 1999. The net worth of Jacqueline Mars is $20.5 Billion.
3. Liliane Bettencourt
Liliane Bettencourt is among those key people who are running the largest cosmetics company of the world named L’oreal. L’oreal Company was founded by the Eugène Schueller who was the father of Liliane Bettencourt. After the death of Eugène Schueller in 1957, Liliane Bettencourt inherited most of the shares of the company because she was the only daughter of Eugène Schueller. The net worth of Liliane Bettencourt is almost $30 Billion which makes her the 3rd richest women of the world.
2. Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton who was the founder of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc which is the world’s 2nd largest public corporation according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2013. Just like many other Billionaires the family business transfer made her the count in this list and along with being listed in the list of top 10 riches women of the world, Alice Walton also holds the title of being the 2nd richest lady of USA. From educational point of view she has done B.A in economics and finances and has been through lot of career achievements excluding her family business. Alice Walton is also known as America’s richest Art collector, the major source of income for Alice Walton is her family Business (Wal-Mart) and her net worth is $33.5 Billion.
1. Christy Walton
Christy Walton inherits her wealth after the death of her husband Sam Walton who was the son of the founder of Wal-Mart. She is the sister in law of Alice Walton and inherits a bigger share in wealth from the same company of her sister in law. It’s the only case in our list that 2 ladies dominate the list of the same family otherwise most of the people on our list belong to different families with different income resources. The net worth of Christy Walton is $35.4 Billion and she is currently the richest women of the world.
Richest women of the world, if you were living in quite old times than you would have never heard this phrase but the old ages are gone when women were not counted in any aspect rather than the property of their spouse. But in the current era the women have not only gained place in our society but has also gained lot of position in different sectors of the world and many have made their name counted in the list of the richest people of the world. Most of the times it has been seen and observed that the male gender is mostly prominent, when it comes to wealth related matters but that’s not true. There are many women in the world which can be counted in the list of richest people all over the globe. Some of these richest women are inheritable rich but most of them have made their wealth on self made basis. The collection of exact figures of the wealth of these all rich females was surely a tough task due to lots of wrong information present out there but after a detailed search we are able to present you with the correct list of Top 10 richest females of the world.
10. Miuccia Prada
Miuccia Prada is an Italian fashion designer inheriting the world wide famous brand Prada. Miuccia Prada is the granddaughter of Mario Parada who was the founder of Prada. Miuccia Prada took over her family business in 1978 and no doubt due to her excellent entrepreneur skills she took Prada on new heights to make it a worldwide recognizable brand. Miuccia Prada is the one who introduced the trend black Nylon handbags and backpacks. From educational point of view Miuccia Prada is a Ph D in Political Science. A part from being in the list of top 10 riches women of the world, Miuccia Prada is also considered in the lists of best fashion designers of the world. Her main source of wealth is Prada and Prada has more than 250 stores in 65 countries of the world. The net worth of Miuccia Prada is $12.4 Billion.
9. Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers is one of those Billionaire women who were born with a golden spoon of wealth. Yup that’s right that the 94 year old rich American lady Anne Cox Chambers inherits most of her wealth from her family business including media, radio, television, newspaper through Cox media group. Apart from these the earnings of Anne Cox Chambers she is also a director of Cox Enterprises which is one of the largest diversified media companies in the United Sates. Anne Cox Chambers was the first lady to be appointed in Atlanta appointed to the board of the city’s chamber of commerce. The net worth of Anne Cox Chambers is $13.5 Billion and currently holds the tenth position in the list of richest women of the world. On the other hand if we calculate her wealth than Anne Cox Chambers holds the 80th position worldwide in the list of richest people all over the globe.
8. Susanne Klatten
51 year old German Susanne Kletten is currently the 7th richest woman of the world and the richest woman in Germany. Susanne Kletten inherited most of her wealth from her family including 50.1 % stake in Pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturer Atlanta and 12.50 % stake in BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke). From education point of view Susanne Kletten has done Master’s in Business Administration and did some jobs after completing education with an intention to become a self made person but her wealthy family background always unintentionally became a major hurdle in it. The net worth of Susanne Kletten is $14.3 Billion.
7. Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart is currently the richest woman of Australia and is the 6th richest woman of the world. Gina Rinehart has inherited mining business from her family which is growing day by day. She is also known as the mining Billionaire because her major source of income is mining. She took charge of her family business after the death of his father in 1992 and within couple of years she took the family business to new heights. Along with the family business later on Gina Rinehart bought stake in media organization and is currently the largest stake holder of Fairfax Media. The net worth of Gina Rinehart is $17 Billion.
6. Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson is probably the youngest Billionaire on our list. Abigail Johnson is an extremely talented American businesswoman and the president of Fidelity Investments which is one of the biggest multinational financial services corporations all over the globe. The Fidelity Investments was founded by the grandfather and father of Abigail Johnson and currently the Johnson family own 49 % of its total stake in company. Abigail Johnson joined Fidelity Investments in 1988 after completing her MBA from Harvard University. The net worth of Abigail Johnson is $17.2 Billion.
5. Lris Fontbona
Iris Fontbona was the wife of one of the biggest copper mining company of the world named Andronico Luksic and after the death of her husband in 2005 Iris Fontbona inherited her wealth which makes her count in the list of top 10 richest women in the world. Iris Fontbona belongs to Chile and is currently the richest women of Chile. She had 3 children and all are involved in the family business to make it grow even higher with the passage of time. The major income source of Iris Fontbona is Antofagasta plc and the net worth of Iris Fontbona is $ 17.4 Billion.
4. Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars the American lady inherits her wealth from her family candy business. She is the daughter of Forrest Mars who was the founder of Mars Incorporated, one of the biggest candy manufacturing companies of the world. As being the member of Mars family she is now the co owner of Mars Incorporated along with her brother and both almost share the same shares of the company since her father died in 1999. The net worth of Jacqueline Mars is $20.5 Billion.
3. Liliane Bettencourt
Liliane Bettencourt is among those key people who are running the largest cosmetics company of the world named L’oreal. L’oreal Company was founded by the Eugène Schueller who was the father of Liliane Bettencourt. After the death of Eugène Schueller in 1957, Liliane Bettencourt inherited most of the shares of the company because she was the only daughter of Eugène Schueller. The net worth of Liliane Bettencourt is almost $30 Billion which makes her the 3rd richest women of the world.
2. Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton who was the founder of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc which is the world’s 2nd largest public corporation according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2013. Just like many other Billionaires the family business transfer made her the count in this list and along with being listed in the list of top 10 riches women of the world, Alice Walton also holds the title of being the 2nd richest lady of USA. From educational point of view she has done B.A in economics and finances and has been through lot of career achievements excluding her family business. Alice Walton is also known as America’s richest Art collector, the major source of income for Alice Walton is her family Business (Wal-Mart) and her net worth is $33.5 Billion.
1. Christy Walton
Christy Walton inherits her wealth after the death of her husband Sam Walton who was the son of the founder of Wal-Mart. She is the sister in law of Alice Walton and inherits a bigger share in wealth from the same company of her sister in law. It’s the only case in our list that 2 ladies dominate the list of the same family otherwise most of the people on our list belong to different families with different income resources. The net worth of Christy Walton is $35.4 Billion and she is currently the richest women of the world.
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