Top 10 Richest Women In The World

If you have ever speculated who is the richest woman in the world then take a look on this post. In this article, I have listed top 10 richest women in the world. Here I compiled a list based on the data from the famous magazine, Forbes. You may surprise with some of the entries, because it holds the women who made their riches by inheritance not by self-made.  Nevertheless, we should provide the credit to those women who had their treasures inherited because they had proved that are talented to maintain & expanding their wealth regardless of their age. Let us see the name, net worth and source of the top 10 wealthiest women in the world.

Top 10 Richest Women In The World

10. Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth: $14 billion

The richest women in the world who holds the 10^th place according to the Forbes magazine is Laurene Powell Jobs, the American Business executive. Among the Disney shareholders, the share of the Laurene Powell Jobs is the largest individual share. She is also acted as the member of Stanford University’s board of trustees. Jobs was born on Nov 6, 1963. She is the president as well as co-founder of the Board of College of Track. She also has a chance in Apple Inc, cofounder by Steve Jobs, her late husband. Now she is the controller of the Steven P. Jobs Trust, at present it is named as the Laurene Powell Jobs Trust.

9. Iris Fontbona
Net Worth: $15.5 billion

The next one among wealthiest women in the world who occupies the ninth place in our list is Iris Fontbona, the 2^nd wife of late Andronico Luksic, a billionaire. The family has a control on the largest copper mining companies in the world, Antofagasta. After the death of her husband in 2005 due to cancer, she inherited his wealth. She also controls

• Quinenco, Banco de Chile (2^nd largest bank in the country)
• CCU (largest brewer)
• CSAV  (Latin America’s biggest shipping company)

Her maintaining capacity makes her to enter into the list of the richest women in the world.  In order to support Chileans with disabilities, Iris Fontbona donated $3 million.

 8. Anne Cox Chambers
Net Worth: $15.5 billion

Anne Cox Chambers, the American media proprietor is the majority owner of Cox Enterprise- a private media enterprise that includes Cox Media Group, Cox Communications, Auto Trader Group and Manheim. Chambers was born on Dec 1, 1919 in Ohio. A Democratic Presidential nominee and a newspaper publisher, James M. Cox is the father of the Chamber. Now she owns and controls the business interest of her father. Now she lived in Georgia. In Jan 2014, the Cox Enterprise had purchased back the 25 percent of Auto Trader.com. This in turn raises the stake of Cox to 98 percent of Auto Trader.com.

7. Abigail Johnson
Net Worth: 17.3 billion

Abigail Johnson is the 7^th wealthiest women in the world. She is an American businesswoman. She was born on Dec 19, 1961. Now she is acting as the president of the fidelity Investments, the 2^nd largest mutual fund company in United States. Edward C. Johnson, her grandfather who founded the Fidelity. Edward C. (Net) Johnson III, her father is the current CEO of the Fidelity. As on the record on March 2013, the Johnson family holds the 49 percent sake on the Fidelity Investments. The wealth of this company makes her as one of the richest women in the world.

6. Susanne Klatten
Net Worth: $17.4 billion

The richest women in the German, Susanne Klatten holds the sixth place in our list of richest women in the world. She inherited her father’s stake in BMW, this play a major role in her richness. She was born on 28^th April 1962 in German.  She is the controller of chemical manufacture Altana. She holds stake in following companies

• Paques, Dutch Biotech Company
• Avista Oil of German, an oil refining company
• Nordex AG, wind Power Company
• Geohumus, Soil additive company
• Carbon & Graphite Producer

She is the chairwoman of Altana’s supervisory board and she made it as world class corporation in the country.

5. Georgina Rinehart
Net worth: $17.7 billion

Mining in Australian becomes the major source for Georgina Rinehart and made her to take a place in the list of richest women in the world. Lang Hancock, a mining tycoon is the father of Georgina Rinehart.  Though she inherited the father’s business, she is the woman who took that business to new height. She was born on 9 Feb 1954. As based on the 2010 report, she is the largest shareholder in the media organization, Fairfax Media. During 2011, Both Business Review weekly and Forbes Asia reported that Georgina Rinehart was the wealthiest person in the Australia. During 2012, she was named as the richest women in the world by BRW. Forbes 2014 report named Georgina Rinehart as the 5^th richest women in the world.

4. Jacqueline Mars
Net Worth: $20 million

The 4^th woman in our list of richest women in the world is Jacqueline Mars. She was born on Oct 10, 1939.  Forrest Mars is her father and Frank C. Marks is her grandfather who was the founder of the Mars Incorporated, the American candy company. In 1999, she inherited the company after the death of her father. Forbes described Jacqueline Mars as the fourth richest women in the world.  Her shares in Mars incorporated become a major source for her to earn this name. She also acted as a trustee in the U. S Equestrian Team.

3. Alice Walton
Net Worth: $34.3 billion

Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart. She runs the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas. In 2012, she donated around $2million to facilitate the charter school initiatives. Now she lives in Forth Worth in USA.  Wal-Mart is the major source for her riches and made her the 3^rd women among the richest women in the world. Not only Forbes, Times magazine also recognized Alice Walton as the World’s most influential person. Alice Walton was born in Oct 7, 1949.

2. Liliane Bettencourt
Net Worth: 34.5 billion

Although the 91-year-old Liliane Bettencourt is no longer running the company, L’Oreal that was founded by her father, she still remains in the list of the richest women in the world with the net worth of 34.5 billion. Liliane Bettencourt is well known as France businesswomen, socialite and philanthropist. She is also the wealthiest woman in the France and all European countries. She was born in 21 Oct 1922. Recently, she sold her island in Seychelles for $60 million. With this deal, she got $42 million as the profit.  In 2012, her board membership of L’Oreal was taken over by Jean-Victor Meyers, her grandson.

1. Christy Walton
Net Worth: $36.7 billion

The net worth of $36.7 billion shows the answer for the question, who is the richest woman in the world. She inherited the wealth of her husband, John Walton after his death in 2005 in a plane crash. The investment of the John Walton in First scholar boosts the wealth of the Christy. Christy Walton’s share in the Wal-Mart, the company founded by father in law Sam Walton, provides majority of assets to the Christy Walton. Forbes list of richest women in the world in 2014 described Christy as the richest women across the world. Now she resides in her birthplace, United States.