With a net worth of $59.1 billion, the granddaughter of L’Oreal founder Eugene Schueller, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers has been crowned the World’s richest woman, according to the CEOWORLD magazine Richest Women In The World 2020 list. The billionaire heiress controls 33% of L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics maker.
Walmart heiress Alice Walton ranked second with a personal wealth of $51.6 billion, followed by MacKenzie Bezos with $41.9 billion. Altogether, the members of this exclusive club os 239 women billionaires are worth US$1.09 trillion. The 10 richest women alone are collectively worth US$327.6 billion.
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Richest Women in the World for 2020
| Rank | Name | Net worth | About | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bettencourt Meyers | $59.1 billion | LOreal | France |
| 2 | Alice Walton | $51.6 billion | Walmart | United States |
| 3 | MacKenzie Bezos | $41.9 billion | Amazon | United States |
| 4 | Julia Koch & family | $41.8 billion | Koch Industries | United States |
| 5 | Jacqueline Mars | $30.4 billion | Candy | United States |
| 6 | Yang Huiyan & family | $25.3 billion | Real estate | China |
| 7 | Laurene Powell Jobs & family | $25.0 billion | Apple, Disney | United States |
| 8 | Susanne Klatten | $19.3 billion | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 9 | Abigail Johnson | $16.9 billion | money management | United States |
| 10 | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family | $16.3 billion | Heineken | Netherlands |
| 11 | Gina Rinehart | $15.2 billion | mining | Australia |
| 12 | Zhong Huijuan | $14.3 billion | pharmaceuticals | China |
| 13 | Iris Fontbona & family | $13.9 billion | mining | Chile |
| 14 | Wu Yajun & family | $13.6 billion | Real estate | China |
| 15 | Kwong Siu-hing | $13.4 billion | Real estate | Hong Kong |
| 16 | Denise Coates | $11.6 billion | online gambling | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Blair Parry-Okeden | $10.1 billion | media, automotive | United States |
| 18 | Zhou Qunfei | $9.4 billion | smartphone screens | Hong Kong |
| 19 | Kirsten Rausing | $9.2 billion | packaging | Sweden |
| 20 | Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family | $8.9 billion | pharmaceuticals | Italy |
| 21 | Christy Walton | $8.5 billion | Walmart | United States |
| 22 | Diane Hendricks | $7.7 billion | roofing | United States |
| 23 | Pamela Mars | $7.6 billion | Candy | United States |
| 24 | Victoria Mars | $7.6 billion | Candy | United States |
| 25 | Valerie Mars | $7.6 billion | Candy | United States |
| 26 | Marijke Mars | $7.6 billion | Candy | United States |
| 27 | Fan Hongwei & family | $7.6 billion | petrochemicals | China |
| 28 | Ann Walton Kroenke | $7.5 billion | Walmart | United States |
| 29 | Sandra Ortega Mera | $7.3 billion | Zara | Spain |
| 30 | Zeng Fangqin | $7.3 billion | smartphone components | China |
| 31 | Pauline MacMillan Keinath | $7.0 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 32 | Savitri Jindal & family | $6.9 billion | steel | India |
| 33 | Margaretta Taylor | $6.7 billion | media, automotive | United States |
| 34 | Katharine Rayner | $6.7 billion | media, automotive | United States |
| 35 | Nancy Walton Laurie | $6.7 billion | Walmart | United States |
| 36 | Marie-Hélène Habert | $6.6 billion | diversified | France |
| 37 | Lu Zhongfang | $6.5 billion | education | China |
| 38 | Antonia Ax:son Johnson & family | $6.2 billion | diversified | Sweden |
| 39 | Wang Laichun | $6.1 billion | electronics components | China |
| 40 | Ronda Stryker | $6.0 billion | medical equipment | United States |
| 41 | Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family | $5.9 billion | beer, investments | Mexico |
| 42 | Margarita Louis-Dreyfus & family | $5.8 billion | Commodities | Switzerland |
| 43 | Randa Duncan Williams | $5.8 billion | pipelines | United States |
| 44 | Milane Frantz | $5.8 billion | pipelines | United States |
| 45 | Dannine Avara | $5.8 billion | pipelines | United States |
| 46 | Chan Laiwa & family | $5.8 billion | Real estate | China |
| 47 | Karen Pritzker | $5.6 billion | hotels, investments | United States |
| 48 | Magdalena Martullo-Blocher | $5.5 billion | chemicals | Switzerland |
| 49 | Rahel Blocher | $5.5 billion | chemicals | Switzerland |
| 50 | Martha Ingram & family | $5.3 billion | book distribution, transportation | United States |
| 51 | Tamara Gustavson | $5.2 billion | self storage | United States |
| 52 | Shari Arison | $5.1 billion | Carnival Cruises | Israel |
| 53 | Maria Fernanda Amorim & family | $4.9 billion | energy, investments | Portugal |
| 54 | Renate Reimann-Haas | $4.8 billion | consumer goods | Germany |
| 55 | Dona Bertarelli | $4.8 billion | biotech | Switzerland |
| 56 | Marie Besnier Beauvalot | $4.7 billion | cheese | France |
| 57 | Sofie Kirk Kristiansen | $4.7 billion | Lego | Denmark |
| 58 | Agnete Kirk Thinggaard | $4.7 billion | Lego | Denmark |
| 59 | Alexandra Schoerghuber | $4.7 billion | Real estate | Germany |
| 60 | Friede Springer | $4.5 billion | publishing | Germany |
| 61 | Dagmar Dolby & family | $4.5 billion | Dolby Laboratories | United States |
| 62 | Carrie Perrodo & family | $4.4 billion | oil | France |
| 63 | Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer | $4.4 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 64 | Jane Lauder | $4.3 billion | Estee Lauder | United States |
| 65 | Margot Birmingham Perot | $4.2 billion | Real estate | United States |
| 66 | Cheng Xue | $4.2 billion | soy sauce | China |
| 67 | Pansy Ho | $4.1 billion | casinos | Hong Kong |
| 68 | Judy Faulkner | $4.1 billion | health IT | United States |
| 69 | Winifred Johnson-Marquart | $4.0 billion | cleaning products | United States |
| 70 | Helen Johnson-Leipold | $4.0 billion | cleaning products | United States |
| 71 | Janice McNair | $4.0 billion | energy, sports | United States |
| 72 | Marianne Liebmann | $4.0 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 73 | Traudl Engelhorn & family | $4.0 billion | pharmaceuticals, medical equipment | Germany |
| 74 | Meg Whitman | $3.9 billion | eBay | United States |
| 75 | Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno | $3.8 billion | hospitals, health care | Brazil |
| 76 | Katharina Otto-Bernstein | $3.7 billion | Real estate | Germany |
| 77 | Zhao Yan | $3.7 billion | real estate, finance | China |
| 78 | Elizabeth Johnson | $3.7 billion | money management | United States |
| 79 | Mary Alice Dorrance Malone | $3.7 billion | Campbell Soup | United States |
| 80 | Marian Ilitch | $3.7 billion | Little Caesars | United States |
| 81 | Rita Tong Liu | $3.6 billion | Real estate | Hong Kong |
| 82 | Dinara Kulibaeva | $3.6 billion | banking | Kazakhstan |
| 83 | Lynsi Snyder | $3.6 billion | In-N-Out Burger | United States |
| 84 | Jean (Gigi) Pritzker | $3.5 billion | hotels, investments | United States |
| 85 | Li Haiyan | $3.5 billion | restaurants | China |
| 86 | Maren Otto | $3.5 billion | Real estate | Germany |
| 87 | Jane Goldman | $3.5 billion | Real estate | United States |
| 88 | Ursula Bechtolsheimer-Kipp | $3.5 billion | retail | Germany |
| 89 | Zhang Xin & Pan Shiyi | $3.4 billion | real estate | China |
| 90 | Amy Goldman Fowler | $3.4 billion | Real estate | United States |
| 91 | Giuliana Benetton | $3.4 billion | fashion retail, investments | Italy |
| 92 | Luiza Helena Trajano | $3.4 billion | retail chain | Brazil |
| 93 | Lynn Schusterman | $3.4 billion | oil & gas, investments | United States |
| 94 | Diane Kemper | $3.4 billion | Real estate | United States |
| 95 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | $3.3 billion | biotech | India |
| 96 | Denise York & family | $3.2 billion | San Francisco 49ers | United States |
| 97 | Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti | $3.2 billion | diversified | Brazil |
| 98 | Angela Leong | $3.2 billion | casinos | Hong Kong |
| 99 | Daniela Herz | $3.2 billion | coffee | Germany |
| 100 | Maja Oeri | $3.2 billion | Pharmaceuticals | Switzerland |
| 101 | Gayle Benson | $3.1 billion | pro sports teams | United States |
| 102 | Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann | $3.0 billion | auto parts | Germany |
| 103 | Thai Lee | $3.0 billion | IT provider | United States |
| 104 | Heidi Horten | $3.0 billion | retail | Austria |
| 105 | Johnelle Hunt | $3.0 billion | trucking | United States |
| 106 | Shu Ping | $3.0 billion | Restaurants | Singapore |
| 107 | Miuccia Prada | $2.9 billion | Luxury goods | Italy |
| 108 | Penny Pritzker | $2.9 billion | Hotels and investments | United States |
| 109 | Lottie Tham | $2.8 billion | H&M | Sweden |
| 110 | Pat Stryker | $2.8 billion | Medical equipment | United States |
| 111 | Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela | $2.8 billion | Banking | Brazil |
| 112 | Elisabeth Mohn & family | $2.8 billion | publishing | Germany |
| 113 | Aerin Lauder | $2.7 billion | cosmetics | United States |
| 114 | Hedda im Brahm-Droege | $2.7 billion | consulting | Germany |
| 115 | Oprah Winfrey | $2.7 billion | TV shows | United States |
| 116 | Su Suyu & family | $2.6 billion | utilities, real estate | China |
| 117 | Smita Crishna-Godrej | $2.6 billion | consumer goods | India |
| 118 | Maria Del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo | $2.6 billion | construction | Spain |
| 119 | Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner | $2.5 billion | Software, Investments | Switzerland |
| 120 | Maritsa Lazari & family | $2.5 billion | Real estate | United Kingdom |
| 121 | Hortensia Herrero | $2.5 billion | supermarkets | Spain |
| 122 | Doris Fisher | $2.5 billion | Gap | United States |
| 123 | Yvonne Bauer | $2.5 billion | media | Germany |
| 124 | Caroline Hagen Kjos | $2.4 billion | conglomerate | Norway |
| 125 | Karin Schick | $2.4 billion | information technology | Germany |
| 126 | Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao | $2.4 billion | airlines | Vietnam |
| 127 | Catherine Lozick | $2.3 billion | valve manufacturing | United States |
| 128 | Lam Wai Ying | $2.3 billion | smartphone screens | Hong Kong |
| 129 | Alicia Koplowitz | $2.3 billion | construction, investments | Spain |
| 130 | Filiz Sahenk | $2.3 billion | diversified | Turkey |
| 131 | Teresita Sy-Coson | $2.3 billion | diversified | Philippines |
| 132 | Elaine Wynn | $2.2 billion | casinos, hotels | United States |
| 133 | Semahat Sevim Arsel | $2.2 billion | diversified | Turkey |
| 134 | Fiona Geminder | $2.1 billion | manufacturing | Australia |
| 135 | Chen Jinxia | $2.1 billion | investments | China |
| 136 | Melissa Ma | $2.1 billion | internet search | China |
| 137 | Charlotte Soderstrom | $2.1 billion | H&M | Sweden |
| 138 | Bergit Douglas | $2.0 billion | consumer goods | Germany |
| 139 | Julia Oetker | $2.0 billion | consumer goods | Germany |
| 140 | Rosely Schweizer | $2.0 billion | consumer goods | Germany |
| 141 | Amy Wyss | $2.0 billion | medical equipment | United States |
| 142 | Lin Chang Su-O | $2.0 billion | Real estate | Taiwan |
| 143 | Carol Jenkins Barnett | $2.0 billion | Publix supermarkets | United States |
| 144 | Jennifer Pritzker | $2.0 billion | hotels, investments | United States |
| 145 | Elizabeth Sy | $2.0 billion | diversified | Philippines |
| 146 | Miriam Baumann-Blocher | $2.0 billion | chemicals | Switzerland |
| 147 | Isabel dos Santos | $2.0 billion | investments | Angola |
| 148 | Linda Pritzker | $2.0 billion | hotels, investments | United States |
| 149 | Sol Daurella | $1.9 billion | Coca-Cola | Spain |
| 150 | Sarah MacMillan | $1.9 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 151 | Katherine Tanner | $1.9 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 152 | Lucy Stitzer | $1.9 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 153 | Alexandra Daitch | $1.9 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 154 | Chu Lam Yiu | $1.9 billion | flavorings | Hong Kong |
| 155 | Leena Tewari | $1.9 billion | pharmaceuticals | India |
| 156 | Anita Zucker | $1.9 billion | chemicals | United States |
| 157 | Chen Liying | $1.9 billion | package delivery | China |
| 158 | Susan Alfond | $1.8 billion | shoes | United States |
| 159 | Katarina Martinson | $1.8 billion | investments | Sweden |
| 160 | Sabrina Benetton | $1.8 billion | fashion retail, investments | Italy |
| 161 | Chan Tan Ching-fen | $1.8 billion | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 162 | Anne Beaufour | $1.8 billion | pharmaceuticals | France |
| 163 | Maria Franca Fissolo | $1.8 billion | Nutella, chocolates | Italy |
| 164 | Dominika Kulczyk | $1.8 billion | diversified | Poland |
| 165 | Vivien Chen | $1.8 billion | Real estate | Hong Kong |
| 166 | Suna Kirac | $1.8 billion | diversified | Turkey |
| 167 | Heloise Pratt | $1.7 billion | manufacturing, investment | Australia |
| 168 | Sylvia Stroeher | $1.7 billion | cosmetics | Germany |
| 169 | Lee Boo-jin | $1.7 billion | computer services, tourism | South Korea |
| 170 | Yoshiko Mori | $1.7 billion | Real estate | Japan |
| 171 | Tatiana Casiraghi | $1.7 billion | beer | Monaco |
| 172 | Charlotte Colket Weber | $1.7 billion | Campbell Soup | United States |
| 173 | Helena Revoredo | $1.7 billion | security services | Spain |
| 174 | Sheryl Sandberg | $1.7 billion | United States | |
| 175 | Zhang Xiaojuan | $1.7 billion | logistics | China |
| 176 | Louise Lindh | $1.6 billion | investments | Sweden |
| 177 | Gail Miller | $1.6 billion | car dealerships | United States |
| 178 | Gretel Packer | $1.6 billion | casinos | Australia |
| 179 | Liora Ofer | $1.6 billion | investments | Israel |
| 180 | Angela Bennett | $1.6 billion | mining | Australia |
| 181 | Ilona Herlin | $1.6 billion | elevators, escalators | Finland |
| 182 | Lee Seo-hyun | $1.6 billion | computer services, tourism | South Korea |
| 183 | Li Tan | $1.6 billion | pharmaceuticals | China |
| 184 | Regine Leibinger | $1.6 billion | machine tools | Germany |
| 185 | Pollyanna Chu | $1.6 billion | financial services | Hong Kong |
| 186 | Wu Yulan | $1.6 billion | pharmaceuticals | China |
| 187 | Alice Schwartz | $1.6 billion | biotech | United States |
| 188 | Jane Yan & family | $1.6 billion | software | China |
| 189 | Barbara Benetton | $1.6 billion | fashion retail, investments | Italy |
| 190 | Li Xuhui | $1.5 billion | soy sauce | China |
| 191 | Wilma Tisch | $1.5 billion | diversified | United States |
| 192 | Lei Jufang | $1.5 billion | pharmaceuticals | China |
| 193 | Kathy Fields | $1.5 billion | skin care | United States |
| 194 | Katie Rodan | $1.5 billion | skin care | United States |
| 195 | Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller | $1.5 billion | manufacturing | Germany |
| 196 | Zhuo Jun | $1.4 billion | printed circuit boards | Hong Kong |
| 197 | Huang Xiaofen & family | $1.4 billion | printed circuit boards | China |
| 198 | Zhang Yin | $1.4 billion | paper manufacturing | China |
| 199 | Gudrun Heine | $1.4 billion | medical devices | Germany |
| 200 | Sybill Storz | $1.4 billion | medical devices | Germany |
| 201 | Sue Gross | $1.4 billion | investments | United States |
| 202 | Wu Lanlan & family | $1.4 billion | packaging | China |
| 203 | Eren Ozmen | $1.4 billion | aerospace | United States |
| 204 | Clelia Haji-Ioannou | $1.4 billion | EasyJet | Cyprus |
| 205 | Ana Maria Brescia Cafferata | $1.3 billion | mining, banking | Peru |
| 206 | Katharina Andresen | $1.3 billion | investments | Norway |
| 207 | Alexandra Andresen | $1.3 billion | investments | Norway |
| 208 | Lia Maria Aguiar | $1.3 billion | banking | Brazil |
| 209 | Lily Safra | $1.3 billion | banking | Monaco |
| 210 | Martha MacMillan | $1.3 billion | Cargill | United States |
| 211 | Marina Prada | $1.3 billion | luxury goods | Italy |
| 212 | Deniz Sahenk | $1.2 billion | diversified | Turkey |
| 213 | Li Fengluan | $1.2 billion | steel, diversified | China |
| 214 | Yupa Chiaravanond | $1.2 billion | diversified | Thailand |
| 215 | Patricia Angelini Rossi | $1.2 billion | forestry, mining | Chile |
| 216 | Friederike Braun-Luedicke | $1.2 billion | medical technology | Germany |
| 217 | Eva Maria Braun-Luedicke | $1.2 billion | medical technology | Germany |
| 218 | Elena Baturina | $1.2 billion | investments, | Russia |
| 219 | Ma Xiuhui | $1.2 billion | LED lighting | China |
| 220 | Jayshree Ullal | $1.2 billion | computer networking | United States |
| 221 | Mimi Haas | $1.2 billion | Levi's jeans | United States |
| 222 | Norma Lerner | $1.2 billion | banking | United States |
| 223 | Nancy Lerner | $1.2 billion | banking, credit cards | United States |
| 224 | Anne Gittinger | $1.2 billion | Nordstrom department stores | United States |
| 225 | Jeanine Dick | $1.1 billion | animal pharmaceuticals | France |
| 226 | Laurie Tisch | $1.1 billion | insurance, NFL team | United States |
| 227 | Safra Catz | $1.1 billion | software | United States |
| 228 | Anna Maria Braun | $1.1 billion | medical technology | Germany |
| 229 | Johanna Braun | $1.1 billion | medical technology | Germany |
| 230 | Chey Ki-won | $1.1 billion | computer services, telecom | South Korea |
| 231 | Ana Maria Marcondes Penido Sant'Anna | $1.1 billion | toll roads | Brazil |
| 232 | Anu Aga | $1.1 billion | engineering | India |
| 233 | Sara Blakely | $1.1 billion | Spanx | United States |
| 234 | Fatma Tuba Yazici | $1.1 billion | diversified | Turkey |
| 235 | Sheela Gautam | $1.0 billion | Mattresses | India |
| 236 | Susanne Zimmermann von Siefart | $1.0 billion | Cleaning products | Germany |
| 237 | Madeleine Olsson Ericksson | $1.0 billion | Diversified | Sweden |
| 238 | Kylie Jenner | $1.0 billion | Cosmetics | United States |
| 239 | Tatyana Bakalchuk | $1.0 billion | Ecommerce | Russia |
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