In this article, we will enlighten you about the Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022. All you have to do is keep your data, sit back and keep on reading to get some motivation from their inspirational journey.
When we talk about the top 10 richest people, emphasis are always on the men, leaving the top richest women in the world aside. However, in this article, we point out the Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022.
Many of these women are heiress’ to their parents’ fortunes, and have taken over their father’s companies. Others have built businesses themselves from the ground up.
1. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & family ($82.5 Billion)
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in the world with a net worth of $82.5 billion. She inherited her fortune from her late mother, Liliane Bettencourt whose father founded cosmetics giant L’Oréal. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers was born on 10th July 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Being born as a strict Catholic, she has written various works on Jewish-Christian relations and Bible Commentaries. She now runs the holding company as chairwoman, with her family owning 33% of L’Oreal. Meanwhile, as of 2022, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers’ net worth is estimated to be $69.6 billion.
Bettencourt Meyers created a glade of controversy when in 2008, she sued Francois-Marie Banier, claiming that he took money from her mother. However, later in 2010, she announced that they have settled out of court.
2. Alice Walton($66 Billion)
The second person on the list of Forbes's top 10 richest women in the world in 2022 is Alice Walton. She was born on 7th October 1949 in Newport, Arkansas, and was raised with her 3 brothers.
Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of one of the most successful
retail chains in the world, Walmart. Alice is the heiress to the Walmart fortune. She also founded the Llama Company in 1988, but it has since closed down.
Although, she lost her spot as the world’s richest woman to Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, but still gained $7.4 billion in the past year, thanks to Walmart stock rising more than 5% since mid-March 2020.
3. MacKenzie Scott($53Billion)
Formerly known as MacKenzie Bezos but now MacKenzie Scott was born on 7th April 1970 in San Francisco, California, U.S. She is an American novelist and philanthropist.
She is the third on Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022
MacKenzie was the wife of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. After a long, harmonious marriage of 25 years, she divorced him and MacKenzie received a 4% stake in Amazon, which was worth about $35 billion at the time.
Furthermore, MacKenzie in her philanthropist spirit, in May 2019, signed a pledge of giving most of her wealth away as a charity. Moreover, in July 2020, she donated around $1.7 Billion to 116 non-profit organizations.
She is the third on the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022 with a net worth of $53Billion.
4. Julia Koch & family($46.4 Billion)
Another colossus on the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022 is Julia Koch. She was born on April 12, 1962, and is also known as Julia Flesher Koch.
Her husband was the seventh richest person in America before his death in 2019. However, after his death she inherited a total of 42% stake in her husband’s company, making her the world’s richest woman in 2020 with a Net Worth of around $53 Billion. Koch currently seat on a net worth of $62 Billion.
5. Yang Huiyan($33.0 Billion)
Huiyan is the daughter of the Chinese entrepreneur Yang Guoqiang, who is the founder of Country Garden Group. Yang Huiyan was born in 1981 in Shunde, Guangdong, China.
Own 55% of shares in his father’s company and holds the record of the 24th wealthiest person in China, along with the richest woman in Asia as the youngest billionaire in Asia.
She is the 5th on the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022.
Yang Huiyan graduated from Ohio State University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art/Science. She married her husband, Chen Chong in 2006; according to the sources, the couple does not have kids or planning to have kids.
6. Jacqueline Mars($44.5 Billion)
Here again is another important figure on the list of Forbes's top 10 richest women in the world in 2022, Jacqueline Mars. She was born on October 10, 1939, and in 1961 she graduated from Bryn Mawr College and holds a degree in anthropology.
Although her parent founded the company, Mars along with her two brothers shares the company now. Despite her parents owning the company she served in the company as Food Product Group President and got retired in 2001. In 1961 she married David H.
Badger and had 3 children with him. However, in 1984 she divorced him, and in 1986 she married Harold Hank Vogel but she divorced him eight years later.
7. Susanne Klatten($29.5 Billion)
Klatten was born on April 28, 1962, in Bad Homburg, Germany. And holds the seventh position on the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world 2022.
She owns stakes though inherited some, in BMW, SGL, and Altana among other companies. An investor with an M.B.A., Klatten helped transform her grandfather’s Altana AG, which she owns all of, into a world-class specialty chemicals company.
Sadly, her mother died in 2015 and left her with her shares in BMW, her father also held 12.50% of shares; thus, now she owns a total of 19.2% of shares of the company. In 1990, she married Jan Klatten, with whom she had three children. However, the pair separated recently in 2018.
8. Fan Hongwei($15.7 Billion)
She is was born in February 1967. The fan is a self-made woman and holds the position as the 8th person on the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world 2022.
Fan Hongwei is the wife of Chen Jianhua, who is the chairman of Hengli’s Holding Company who is also a billionaire. And they both live in Wujiang, China.
She was also enlisted as the 29th of China’s Richest people and 266th billionaire around the world. Her daughter has also followed in her footsteps and aspires to become just like her mother.
9. Iris Fontbona($20.7 Billion)
Fotbana holds the position of the richest person in Chile and the fifth wealthiest in Latin America as well and the 91st wealthiest person in the world. However, she join the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022 when are net worth fell 2 years ago.
Iris Fontbona and her children control Chilean mining company Antofagasta, which recorded $5.1 billion in sales in 2020. Fontbana also owns a majority stake in Quiñenco, a publicly-traded Chilean conglomerate active in banking, beer, and manufacturing.
She is also widely known for her philanthropic activities.
10. Laurene Powell Jobs( $20.2 Billion)
The last person on the list of Forbes top 10 richest women in the world in 2022 is Laurene Powell Jobs. She was born on 6 November 1963 in West Milford, New Jersey, U.S.
Laurene Powell is an American businesswoman, executive and the founder of Emerson Collective, which advocates for policies concerning education and immigration reform, social justice, and more.
More so, she was the wife of Steve Jobs, who was the CEO, co-founder, and chairman of Apple before he died in 2011. Steve died and left the shares of The Walt Disney Company and Apple Inc to his wife, which were worth around $11.1 Billion and $38.5 Million respectively.
In 2016, Powell donated $2 Million to Hillary Clinton for the presidential election and later helped in raising $4 Million for her.
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