Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the vice-chairperson of L'Oréal board, has recently become the first woman to possess a fortune of $100 billion. This makes her the 12th wealthiest person in the world. Bettencourt Meyers is the only child of Liliane Bettencourt, whose father, Eugène Schueller, founded the L’Oréal Group. Along with...

As of December 29, 2023, James Ratcliffe was the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of 23.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Michael Platt (No. 2, $16.0 billion), Alexander Gerko (No. 3, $11.5 billion) and James Dyson (No. 4, $9.8 billion). John Reece is the fifth-richest person...

As of December 29, 2023, Rafaela Aponte-Diamant  was the wealthiest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of 30.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gianluigi Aponte (No. 2, $30.4 billion), Ernesto Bertarelli (No. 3, $9.5 billion); and Ivan Glasenberg (No. 4, $9.3 billion). Guillaume Pousaz is the fifth-richest person in Switzerland, with...

As of December 29, 2023, Stefan Persson was the wealthiest person in Sweden, with an estimated net worth of 19.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Melker Schorling (No. 2, $11.4 billion), Antonia Ax:son Johnson (No. 3, $10.2 billion); and Finn Rausing (No. 4, $9.6 billion). Kirsten Rausing is the fifth-richest person...

As of December 29, 2023, Amancio Ortega was the wealthiest person in Spain, with an estimated net worth of 100.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Sandra Ortega Mera (No. 2, $8.9 billion), Rafael Del (No. 3, $5.6 billion); and Juan Roig (No. 4, $3.8 billion). Isak Andic is the fifth-richest person in Spain, with a...

As of December 29, 2023, Jay Y. Lee was the wealthiest person in South Korea, with an estimated net worth of 9.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Hong Ra-hee (No. 2, $6.2 billion), Kwon Hyuk-bin (No. 3, $5.2 billion); and Kim Beom-su (No. 4, $4.8 billion). Cho Jung-ho is the fifth-richest...

As of December 29, 2023, Li Xiting was the wealthiest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of 15.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Goh Cheng Liang (No. 2, $13.1 billion), Wee Cho Yaw (No. 3, $7.3 billion); and Philip Ng (No. 4, $7.2 billion). Robert Ng is the fifth-richest person in Singapore,...

As of December 29, 2023, Andrey Melnichenko was the wealthiest person in Russia, with an estimated net worth of 25.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Vladimir Lisin (No. 2, $24.8 billion), Leonid Mikhelson (No. 3, $24.1 billion); and Vagit Alekperov (No. 4, $23.7 billion). Vladimir Potanin is the fifth-richest person in Russia, with...

As of December 29, 2023, Manuel Villar was the wealthiest person in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of 9.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Enrique Razon Jr (No. 2, $8.5 billion), Ramon Ang| (No. 3, $3.3 billion); and Lucio Tan (No. 4, $2.4 billion). Hans Sy is the fifth-richest person in the...