Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March or April. There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023[update], up from 327 in 2022.[1] Since 2021, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman.
According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are "self-made" and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and "self-made" wealth as of 2017.[2]
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023[update], are:[1]
| No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) |  74.8
|
 France
|
L'Oréal | 1 | |
| 2 |
Julia Koch | 
|
(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) |  59 |
 United States
|
Koch industries | 17 |
| 3 |
Alice Walton | 
|
(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) | 56.7
|
United States
|
Walmart | 21 |
| 4 |
Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) | 38.3
|
United States
|
Mars, Inc. | 31 | |
| 5 |
Miriam Adelson | 
|
(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 78) | 35 |
 Israel / United States
|
Las Vegas Sands | 35 |
| 6 |
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | 1944 or 1945 (age 79–80) | 31.2
|
 Italy
|
Mediterranean Shipping Company | 43 | |
| 7 |
Susanne Klatten | 
|
(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 27.4
|
 Germany
|
Altana, BMW | 51 |
| 8 |
Gina Rinehart | 
|
(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) | 27 |
 Australia
|
Hancock Prospecting | 52 |
| 9 |
MacKenzie Scott | 
|
(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 24.4
|
United States
|
Amazon.com | 60 |
| 10 |
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.1
|
 Chile
|
Antofagasta plc | 65 |
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022[update], are:[3]
| No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) | 74.8
|
France
|
L'Oréal | 14 | |
| 2 |
Alice Walton |
|
(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) | 65.3
|
United States
|
Walmart | 18 |
| 3 |
Julia Koch |
|
(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 60 |
United States
|
Koch industries | 21 |
| 3 |
MacKenzie Scott |
|
(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 43.6
|
United States
|
Amazon.com | 30 |
| 5 |
Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) | 31.7
|
United States
|
Mars, Inc. | 41 | |
| 6 |
Gina Rinehart |
|
(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) | 30.2
|
Australia
|
Hancock Prospecting | 46 |
| 7 |
Miriam Adelson |
|
(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 78) | 27.5
|
Israel / United States
|
Las Vegas Sands | 50 |
| 8 |
Susanne Klatten |
|
(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 24.3
|
Germany
|
Altana, BMW | 56 |
| 9 |
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 22.8
|
United States
|
Antofagasta plc | 67 | |
| 10 |
Abigail Johnson | 
|
(1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 (age 62) | 21.2
|
United States
|
Fidelity Investments | 75 |
In January 2021, CEOWORLD Magazine announced that if her family's wealth is included in her total fortune, then Francoise Bettencourt Meyers's wealth is estimated to stand at $71.4 billion.[4]
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021[update], are:[5]
| No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) | 73.6
|
France
|
L'Oréal | 12 | |
| 2 |
Alice Walton |
|
(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) | 61.8
|
United States
|
Walmart | 17 |
| 3 |
MacKenzie Scott |
|
(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 53 |
United States
|
Amazon.com | 22 |
| 4 |
Julia Koch |
|
(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 46.4
|
United States
|
Koch industries | 27 |
| 5 |
Miriam Adelson |
|
(1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 78) | 38.2
|
Israel / United States
|
Las Vegas Sands | 36 |
| 6 |
Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) | 31.3
|
United States
|
Mars, Inc. | 48 | |
| 7 |
Yang Huiyan | (1981-07-20) 20 July 1981 (age 42) | 29.6
|
 Cyprus[6]
|
Country Garden Holdings | 50 | |
| 8 |
Susanne Klatten |
|
(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 27.7
|
Germany
|
Altana, BMW | 53 |
| 9 |
Gina Rinehart |
|
(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) | 23.6
|
Australia
|
Hancock Prospecting | 70 |
| 10 |
Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.5
|
Chile
|
Antofagasta plc | 74 |
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020[update], are:[7]
| No. | Name | Image | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) |
Citizenship | Source | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alice Walton |
|
(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 74) | 65.9
|
United States
|
Walmart | 12 |
| 2 |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 70) | 65.4
|
France
|
L'Oréal | 13 | |
| 3 |
MacKenzie Scott |
|
(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 62.3
|
United States
|
Amazon | 17 |
| 4 |
Julia Koch |
|
(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 44.9
|
United States
|
Koch industries | 24 |
| 5 |
Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 84) | 28.9
|
United States
|
Mars, Inc. | 38 | |
| 6 |
Yang Huiyan | (1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 (age 42) | 27.3
|
Cyprus[6]
|
Country Garden Holdings | 43 | |
| 7 |
Susanne Klatten |
|
(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 23.9
|
Germany
|
Altana, BMW | 54 |
| 8 |
Laurene Powell Jobs | 
|
(1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 60) | 19.9
|
United States
|
Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company | 67 |
| 9 |
Zhong Huijuan | 1961 (age 62–63) | 18.8
|
 China
|
Hansoh Pharmaceutical | 70 | |
| 10 |
Gina Rinehart |
|
(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70) | 16.1
|
Australia
|
Hancock Prospecting | 103
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