The Top 20 Richest Women in the World (July 2022)

Do you want to know, who are the Richest Women in the world?

Nothing is more powerful than a woman in this world. And if a woman decides to do something then she holds the ability and capacity to do so in any circumstances no matter what the situation is.

And there are quite successful and rich women in this world who have earned their success based on their hard work and Will Power.

Therefore, let’s know about the Top 20 Richest Women in the world.

List of Top 20 Richest Women in the world

It is just a myth that there are only rich and successful men in this world. There is many successful, powerful and rich woman in this world too.

Here’s a list of the Top 20 Richest Women in the World. They are as follows:-

20. Kwong Siu Hing ($12.2 billion)

Kwong Siu Hing is the widow of famous businessman Kwok Tak Seng who was the co-founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties. Siu Hing had three sons- Walter, Raymond, and Thomas.

Thomas was sent to prison in 2014 for bribery. Thus Raymond became the chairman of the company and Walter was deprived of the company in 2008 due to the conflict between the two brothers.

However, Siu Hing was the chairperson of the company after her husband’s death and Currently is the biggest stockholder of the company.

Kwong Siu Hing is the 20th richest world in the world with a total net worth of about $ 12.2 billion.

19. Wang Laichun ($12.7 billion)

Wang Laichun is a Chinese Chairperson of the Luxshare precision Industry, the large supplier of apple and producer of electronic connectors.

Laichun has been working in this industry for the past 10 years but in the year 1999 she decides to leave her job and in the year 2004 made a partnership with her brother and invested in Luxshare company.

Today, Wang Laichun is considered the 19th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 12.7 billion.

18. Kristen Rausing ($13.2 billion)

Kristen Rausing is considered the eighteenth richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 13.2 Billion. Kristen is the 33% owner of Tetra Laval Holding Company and also has a seat alongside other members of her family.

According to Forbes 2020, Kristen Rausing’s name was listed on the  150th position in the list of the richest individual in the world.

17. Abigail Johnson ($15 billion)

Abigail Johnson is a successful American Business Women. She is currently the CEO of an American Investment company named Fidelity Investments. Other than this she is also the chairperson of Fidelity International.

This company Fidelity Investments was introduced by her grandfather  Edward C Johnson II.

Abigail’s Company Currently holds a 49% stake in Fidelity Investments Company. Abigail Johnson is the 17th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $15 Billion.

16. Charlene de Carvalho – Heineken ($15.3 billion)

Charlene de Carvalho – Heineken is a successful and famous Dutch English business entrepreneur. She holds 25% controlling power at the brewing company Heineken International.

Heineken International company is the 3rd largest brewing company in the world. This 60 years old business entrepreneur from Amsterdam, Netherlands have inherited 25% stake in the company from her late father Freddy Heineken.

Charlene became the executive director at Heineken International company when her father passed away in the year 2002 leaving her about £3 billion in wealth.

This makes her the sixteenth richest woman in the world.

15. Iris Fontbona ($15.5 billion)

The name that should come at the fifteen number in this list has to be Iris Fontbona. Iris Balbina Fontbona Gonzalez is a successful business entrepreneur.

She is the widow of Andronico Luksic Abaroa who was the owner of Antofagasta PLC, after her husband’s death Iris became a billionaire. According to June 2022, Iris Fontbona is the holder of an estimated net worth of about $15.5 million which makes her the richest woman in the world.

Iris entered the field of business along with her children Paul, Guillermo, and Andronico when her husband passed away in the year 2017.

Iris also holds a majority of stakes in a company named Queinco which is a consumer packaging company.

14. Zhou Qunfei ($16.1 billion)

Zhou Qunfei is a Chinese Entrepreneur and founder of major touchscreen maker Lens Technology. After her company was publicly listed on Shenzhen ChiNext Market in March 2015, this expanded the net worth of Zhou Qunfei.

According to June 2022, Zhou Qunfei is considered the 14th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 16.1 Billion.

13. Gina Rinehart ($16.3billion)

Gina Rinehart is an entrepreneur originally from the Perth region of Western Australia. Gina is the chairperson of Hancock Prospecting.

Gina had inherited the stakes of the company after her father died.

Gina Rinehart is considered to be the 13th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 16.3 Billion.

12. Lu Zhongfang ($16.4 billion)

In the year 1999, Lu Zhongfang invested in test preparation Edu Tech company named Offcn.

Lu Zhongfang had retired from her job in 1993 and in that she had invested in a pesticides factory. Lu’s son Lin Yongxin is currently the chairperson of the Offcn company.

In the year 2019, Offcn Education Technology company was listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Lu Zhongfang is considered to be the 12th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 16.4 billion.

11. Fan Hongwei ($16.8 billion)

Fan Hongwei is a Chinese business entrepreneur from China, who is the chairperson of Hengli Petrochemical company, which is a chemical fiber supplier company.

Hongwei’s husband Chen Jianhua is the chairman of Hengli’s holding company.

Fan Hongwei is considered to be the richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 16.8 billion.

10. Wu Yajun ($17.9 billion)

Wu Yajun is the co-founder and chairperson of Longfor Properties a real estate company based in Hong Kong.

She co-founded the company with her ex-husband and she got divorced in the year 2012 after her divorce from Cai Kui, he had no claims over the company.

According to June 2022, Wu Yajun is considered the tenth richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $17.9 billion.

9. Zhong Huijuan ($18.9 billion)

Zhong Huijuan is a successful and famous Chinese female entrepreneur who is the chairperson of Hansoh Pharmaceutical.

The Hansoh Pharmaceutical company is a Chinese drug manufacturer company specialized in anti-diabetic, Psychoactive, oncology, and other drugs.

This company was founded by her husband who is also a Chinese billionaire. Zhong Huijuan is at 75% equity in this company with her daughter Sun Yuan.

Zhong Huijuan is said to be the 9th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 18.9 billion.

8. Laurene Powell Jobs ($19.9 billion)

Laurene Powell Jobs is an American successful female entrepreneur, Philanthropist, investor  CEO, and co-founder of Emersion Collective which is the company, which supervises and advocates policies regarding Education and immigration reform, Social justice, and environmental conservation.

In the year 1991, Laurene got married to Steve Jobs who was the owner of the mega Company Apple. However, he died in 2011 and left his shares of The Walt Disney Company and Apple Inc to his wife whose worth was around $ 11.1 Billion and $ 38.4 billion respectively.

In 2016, Laurene donated $ 2 million to Hillary Clinton for her presidential election and later helped in raising $ 4 million for her.

In 2020, Laurene had also donated an amount of $ 6,00,000 for Joe Bide’s Campaign. Laurene Powell Jobs is considered to be the eighth richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 19.9 million.

7. Sussanne Klatten ($24.2 billion)

Still Now if you look at the statistics provided by Forbes on the top richest woman in the world, it will show the name of Johanna Quandt first although she is no more.

And all her wealth is being inherited by Sussanne Klatten she has also inherited a vast amount of her father’s wealth and Property too.

Sussanne holds stakes at BMW, SGL, and Altana among other countries. Sussanne Klatten is said to be the seventh richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $24.2 billion.

6. Jacqueline Mars ($28.9 billion)

Jacqueline Mars is a successful American investor and the inheritor of Mars Incorporated Fortune.

This company was initially founded by her parents and after their death, the fortune was being shared between Jacqueline along with her two brothers Forrest Jr and John.

Jacqueline Mars is the owner of a total net worth of $ 28.9 billion which makes her the sixth richest woman in the world.

5. Yang Huiyan ($30.6 billion)

Yang Huiyan is the 24th wealthiest person in mainland China and she is also the major shareholder of Country Garden Holdings.

She is currently the youngest female billion and one of the richest women in Asia.

She is the daughter of famous businessman Yang Guoqiang who started the company Biguiyuan in the year 1997 and he had transferred 70% shares of his country Garden company in 2007 before its IPO.

According to June 2022, Yang Huiyan is considered the richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 30.6 Billion.

4. Julia Koch ($44.9 billion)

Julia Koch is a successful businesswoman and the widow of David Koch, who died in the year 2017. David Koch was the 42% stake owner of Koch Industries along with his brother Charles who also owned 42% stakes in the company.

After David Julia and her three children Inherited the 42% stake of David in the company.

Julia Koch is the owner of a net worth of about $44.9 billion which makes her the richest woman in the world.

3. Mackenzie Scott ($62.7 billion)

Mackenzie Scott firmly known as Mackenzie Bezos is an American Philanthropist and Novelist.

She was the wife of Jeff Bezos who is the founder of Amazon company, however, now they have got divorced and after their divorce, Mackenzie was a 4% stake owner at Amazon which was worth $35 billion at that time.

Mackenzie Scott got divorced from Jeff in 2019 after 25 years of their marriage and they had three sons and an adopted daughter from China.

Besides everything, MacKenzie is also a philanthropist, in 2029 she took a pledge of donating most of her wealth to charity.

In 2020, she donated about 1.6 billion money to 116 non-profit organizations.

Mackenzie Scott holds a net worth of around $62.7 billion which makes her the third richest woman in the world.

2. Alice Walton ($68.1 billion)

Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton, who is the founder of one of the most famous supermarket chains in the world named Walmart.

Alice had inherited her mother’s company Walmart after her death. Besides this company, she is also the founder of Llama Company since 1988 but now it has closed down.

As of June 2022, Alice Walton is considered to be the second richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 68.1 billion.

1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers ($69.6 billion)

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the owner famous and best haircare and skincare brand in the world The Loreal Paris.

This company was founded by her mother Liliane Bettencourt but Francoise inherited the company after her mother’s death in the year 2017.

She is currently the Chairperson of Loreal Paris and her family is the 33% stake owner at Loreal.

Loreal Paris is one of the best hair care and Skin care brand in the world Famous actresses as brand ambassadors such as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the Brand Ambassador of Loreal Paris.

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 69.6 billion.

Conclusion of Richest Women in the World

Here was the list of the Top 20 Richest Women in the world. Besides being rich all these women had an excessive amount of wealth and are the most powerful women in the world.

According to the list, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers who is the owner of the famous hair care and Skin care brand Loreal is the top richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $69.6 billion and Kwong Siu Hing is the 20th richest woman in the world with a total net worth of about $ 12.2 billion.

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Topic Summary

Here Are A Quick List Of The Top 20 Richest Women in the World

1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
2. Alice Walton
3. Mackenzie Scott
4. Julia Koch
5. Yang Huiyan
6. Jacqueline Mars
7. Sussanne Klatten
8. Laurene Powell Jobs
9. Zhong Huijuan
10. Wu Yajun
11. Fan Hongwei
12. Lu Zhongfang
13. Gina Rinehart
14. Zhou Qunfei
15. Iris Fontbona
16. Charlene de Carvalho – Heineken
17. Abigail Johnson
18. Kristen Rausing
19. Wang Laichun
20. Kwong Siu Hing

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