The 5 richest women in the world

Women are making strides in the business world every day and there are 5 of them who are on the list of the riches in the world, having reached billionaire status. Following are their statistics as well as some background information.

1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers

The richest female currently on the planet is Francoise Bettencourt Meyers who was born on July 10, 1953 This French billionaire is an heiress and the only daughter of Liliane Bettencourt. The family is said to be worth $80 billion and Francoise's grandfather Eugene Schueller was the founder of L'Oreal. Bettencourt Meyers and her family still on a 33% stake in the company. There was controversy when Francoise Bettencourt, who was raised Catholic married Jean-Pierre Meyers who is Jewish. This was because Francoise's grandfather (the L'Oreal founder) had been on trial for collaborating with the German government. Her husband's grandfather was a rabbi who was murdered at Auschwitz.

2. Julia Flesher Koch

Second, on the list is Julia Flesher Koch who along with her children is worth $61.1 billion. Kotch is a philanthropist who inherited her fortune upon the death of her husband David in 2004. This woman literally married her former as her late spouse was the owner of Koch Industries, Inc. which is based in Wichita, Kansas. The subsidiaries of this business are vast and are involved in the following. The manufacturing, refining, and distribution of ranching, fertilizer, fiber, pulp and paper, energy, petroleum, chemicals, energy, intermediates and polymers, minerals, chemical technology equipment, finance, commodities trading, and investing.

Koch owns Molec, Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, and Guardian Industries. At this writing, the firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, and close to half of its business is in the USA. The company is currently the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands, which are large deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada.

3. Alice Walton

Alice Louise Walton was born October 7, 1949, and is heiress to the Walmart fortune. her father Sam Walton was the founder of both Sam's and Walmart. In September 2016, Alice owned over $11 billion in Walmart shares As of February 2021, Walton has a net worth of $68 billion but recent reports estimate her net worth at 57.6 billion, which makes her the 1 third richest woman in the World.

4. Mackenzie Scott:

Makenzie Tuttle Bezos Scott was April 7 1970 and is worth $53.5 billion and she earned every penny. Along with her ex-husband Jeff Bezos she founded Amazon.com. MacKenzie is an American philanthropist and novelist. She is the third-wealthiest female on the planet and the 20th-wealthiest individual in the world. Scott is a signatory to the Giving Pledge, where she made a commitment to give at least half of her wealth to charity. She donated $5.8 billion in charitable gifts, in 2020 which one of the largest annual distributions by a private individual to working charities.

5. Jacqueline Mars

Jacqueline Mars was born on October 10, 1939 and is worth $41.1 billion. She is an American heiress and investor and is the daughter of Forrest Mars, Sr., and Audrey Ruth (Meyer) Mars. Her parents along with her grandfather Frank C. Mars, were the founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. Jacqueline Mars joined Mars, Inc in 1982, as Food Product Group President, and remained active until she retired in 2001. The company was not only known for producing the Mars bar but also M&M's, Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Dove, Skittles, and Milky Way.