Revealed: Richest Self-Made Women In The United States , 2019 (25 Female Billionaires)
Diane Hendricks has emerged as the richest self-made women in the United States, with a fortune considerably larger than Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, and Safra Catz. Diane Hendricks is worth a staggering $7 billion, according to Forbes magazine most recent 2019 list.
Meg Whitman places second in the rankings, with an estimated net worth of $3.8 billion. Whitman is followed by Marian Ilitch (No. 3; $3.7 billion), Judy Faulkner (No. 4; $3.6 billion), and Thai Lee (No. 5; $3 billion).
With an estimated net worth of $1 billion, 22-year-old reality-television star Kylie Jenner is the youngest in the rankings, ranked 23 on the list. Serena Williams is the first athlete to ever make business magazine’s list of richest self-made women in the United States. Forbes defines the term “self-made” as anyone who did not inherit any or all of their fortune.
Among the 80 successful self-made women selected, 25 of them are billionaires. Here are the richest self-made women in the United States, 2019.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diane Hendricks | $7 billion |
| 2 | Meg Whitman | $3.8 billion |
| 3 | Marian Ilitch | $3.7 billion |
| 4 | Judy Faulkner | $3.6 billion |
| 5 | Thai Lee | $3 billion |
| 6 | Judy Love | $2.9 billion |
| 7 | Lynda Resnick | $2.8 billion |
| 8 | Johnelle Hunt | $2.7 billion |
| 9 | Doris Fisher | $2.7 billion |
| 10 | Oprah Winfrey | $2.6 billion |
| 11 | Elaine Wynn | $2.4 billion |
| 12 | Sheryl Sandberg | $1.7 billion |
| 13 | Peggy Cherng | $1.7 billion |
| 14 | Katie Rodan | $1.5 billion |
| 15 | Gail Miller | $1.5 billion |
| 16 | Kathy Fields | $1.5 billion |
| 17 | Jin Sook Chang | $1.5 billion |
| 18 | Jayshree Ullal | $1.4 billion |
| 19 | Eren Ozmen | $1.4 billion |
| 20 | Alice Schwartz | $1.3 billion |
| 21 | Anastasia Soare | $1.2 billion |
| 22 | Safra Catz | $1.1 billion |
| 23 | Neerja Sethi | $1 billion |
| 24 | Kylie Jenner | $1 billion |
| 25 | Sara Blakely | $1 billion |
| 26 | Weili Dai | $960 million |
| 27 | Christel DeHaan | $950 million |
| 28 | Kit Crawford | $890 million |
| 29 | Tory Burch | $850 million |
| 30 | Young Sohn | $840 million |
| 31 | Sheila Johnson | $820 million |
| 32 | Nancy Zimmerman | $740 million |
| 33 | Anne Wojcicki | $690 million |
| 34 | Anne Dinning | $680 million |
| 35 | Marissa Mayer | $620 million |
| 36 | Huda Kattan | $610 million |
| 37 | Rihanna | $600 million |
| 38 | Theresia Gouw | $580 million |
| 39 | Madonna | $570 million |
| 40 | Kendra Scott | $550 million |
| 41 | Mary West | $530 million |
| 42 | Carolyn Rafaelian | $520 million |
| 43 | Victoria Zoellner | $500 million |
| 44 | Susan Wojcicki | $490 million |
| 45 | Vera Wang | $460 million |
| 46 | Celine Dion | $450 million |
| 47 | Judy Sheindlin | $440 million |
| 48 | Jamie Kern Lima | $440 million |
| 49 | Adi Tatarko | $430 million |
| 50 | Donna Karan | $430 million |
| 51 | Barbra Streisand | $400 million |
| 52 | Beyoncé Knowles | $400 million |
| 53 | Nora Roberts | $390 million |
| 54 | Janice Bryant Howroyd | $390 million |
| 55 | Katrina Lake | $380 million |
| 56 | Danielle Steel | $375 million |
| 57 | Therese Tucker | $370 million |
| 58 | Kim Kardashian West | $370 million |
| 59 | Kathleen Hildreth | $370 million |
| 60 | Taylor Swift | $360 million |
| 61 | Neha Narkhede | $360 million |
| 62 | Liz Elting | $350 million |
| 63 | Belinda Johnson | $330 million |
| 64 | Ellen DeGeneres | $330 million |
| 65 | Martine Rothblatt | $320 Mmillion |
| 66 | Pleasant Rowland | $310 million |
| 67 | Jessica Iclisoy | $310 million |
| 68 | Sonia Gardner | $310 million |
| 69 | Lynda Weinman | $300 million |
| 70 | Patricia Miller | $300 million |
| 71 | Ashley Chen | $300 million |
| 72 | Whitney Wolfe Herd | $290 million |
| 73 | Susan Wagner | $280 million |
| 74 | Karissa Bodnar | $275 million |
| 75 | Toni Ko | $270 million |
| 76 | Marcia Page | $250 million |
| 77 | Reese Witherspoon | $240 million |
| 78 | Suzy Batiz | $240 million |
| 79 | Angela Ahrendts | $230 million |
| 80 | Serena Williams | $225 million |
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