The world’s richest woman for the fourth consecutive year, according to Forbes, is L’Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.
Her net worth jumped $19 billion in the past 12 months, putting her total net worth at $99.5 billion, the biggest gain of any woman on the 2024 list.
Women occupy a small but growing slice of Forbes’ World Billionaires list. This year 369 out of 2,781 billionaires or 13.3% are women, up from 337 in 2023.
Here are the top 10 richest women in the world:
1. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & family, $99.5 Billion
2. Alice Walton, Net worth: $72.3 Billion
3. Julia Koch & family, Net worth: $64.3 Billion
4. Jacqueline Mars, Net worth: $38.5 Billion
5. MacKenzie Scott, Net worth: $35.6 Billion
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6. Savitri Jindal & family, Net worth: $33.5 Billion
7. Rafaela Aponte-Diamant, Net worth: $33.1 Billion
8. Miriam Adelson & family, Net worth: $32 Billion
9. Gina Rinehart, Net worth: $30.8 Billion
10. Abigail Johnson, Net worth: $29 Billion