60 Richest self-made women in the United States, 2017
Forbes magazine has unveiled its 3rd annual list of the most successful self-made women in the United States. The list is comprised of the 60 richest women – with a combined net worth $61.5 billion.
Detroit’s Marian Ilitch, who co-founded the Little Caesars pizza chain with her late husband, Mike Ilitch, ranked No. 1 on the list with estimated wealth of $5.1 billion, followed by Diane Hendricks. Her net worth is estimated at $4.9 billion.
Tied for 3rd place are Judy Love, of Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, and television queen Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey and Love each have a net worth valued at $2.9 billion.
Doris Fisher, who co-founded the Gap clothing brand with her late husband, Don, in 1969, is 5th on the list. She is estimated to be worth $2.6 billion.
Taylor Swift, 27, is the youngest woman on the list with a measly $280 million fortune. She comes in at 55th on the list of 60 richest self-made women in America.
The 60 richest self-made women in the United States, 2017
- Marian Ilitch, $5.1 billion
- Diane Hendricks, $4.9 billion
- Judy Love, $2.9 billion
- Oprah Winfrey, $2.9 billion
- Doris Fisher, $2.7 billion
- Judy Faulkner, $2.5 billion
- Meg Whitman, $2.5 billion
- Johnelle Hunt, $2.4 billion
- Elaine Wynn, $2.1B billion
- Lynda Resnick, $2 billion
- Peggy Cherng, $1.8 billion
- Thai Lee, $1.6 billion
- Sheryl Sandberg, $1.6 billion
- Jin Sook Chang, $1.5 billion
- Gail Miller, $1.2 billion
- Sara Blakeley, $1.1 billion
- Eren Ozmen, $1.1 billion
- Carolyn Rafaelian, $1 billion
- Alice Schwartz, $950 million
- Christel DeHaan, $900 million
- Jayshree Ullal, $840 million
- Nancy Zimmerman, $800 million
- Weili Dal, $770 million
- Sheila Johnson, $750 million
- Neerja Sethi, $750 million
- Safra Catz, $670 million
- Kathy Fields, $650 million
- Katie Rodan, $650 million
- Vera Wang, $630 million
- Tory Burch, $600 million
- Anne Dinning, $600 million
- Madonna, $580 million
- Kit Crawford, $570 million
- Mary West, $570 M million
- Marissa Mayer, $540 million
- Kendra Scott, $500 million
- Victoria Zoellner, $500 million
- Donna Karan, $470 million
- Janice Bryant Howroyd, $420 million
- Liz Elting, $420 million
- Jamie Kern Lima, $410 million
- Susan Wojcicki, $410 million
- Celine Dion, $400 million
- Barbra Streisand, $390 million
- Nora Roberts, $370 million
- Beyoncé Knowles, $350 million
- Martine Rothblatt, $340 million
- Danielle Steel, $330 million
- Sonia Gardner, $320 million
- Pleasant Rowland, $310 million
- Judy Sheindlin, $300 million
- Adi Tatarko, $300 million
- Diane von Furstenberg, $300 million
- Kathy Lehne, $295 million
- Taylor Swift, $280 million
- Lynda Weinman, $280 million
- Toni Ko, $270 million
- Patricia Miller, $265 million
- Dorothy Herman, $260 million
- Jessica Iclisoy, $260 million