List of female billionaires

List of female billionaires

Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March or April. There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. From 2021 to 2024 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers was listed as the world's wealthiest woman.

According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are self-made and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and self-made wealth as of 2017.

2025

List of female billionaires

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 1 April 2025, are:

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Birth date</th><th>Net worth US$ (billions)</th><th>Citizenship</th><th>Source</th><th>World rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Alice Walton</td><td></td><td>7 October 1949</td><td>101</td><td>United States</td><td>Walmart</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Françoise Bettencourt Meyers</td><td></td><td>10 July 1953</td><td>81.6</td><td>France</td><td>L'Oréal</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Julia Koch</td><td></td><td>12 April 1962</td><td>74.2</td><td>United States</td><td>Koch industries</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jacqueline Mars</td><td></td><td>10 October 1939</td><td>42.6</td><td>United States</td><td>Mars, Inc.</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Rafaela Aponte-Diamant</td><td></td><td>1944 or 1945 (age 80–81)</td><td>37.7</td><td>Italy /  Switzerland</td><td>Mediterranean Shipping Company</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Savitri Jindal</td><td></td><td>20 March 1950</td><td>35.5</td><td>India</td><td>Jindal Group</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Abigail Johnson</td><td></td><td>19 December 1961</td><td>32.7</td><td>United States</td><td>Fidelity Investments</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Miriam Adelson</td><td></td><td>10 October 1945</td><td>32.1</td><td>Israel / United States</td><td>Las Vegas Sands</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Marilyn Simons</td><td></td><td>1950 or 1951 (age 74–75)</td><td>31</td><td>United States</td><td>Renaissance Technologies</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Melinda French Gates</td><td></td><td>15 August 1964</td><td>30.4</td><td>United States</td><td>Microsoft</td><td>58</td></tr></tbody></table>

2024

List of female billionaires

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2024, are:

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Birth date</th><th>Net worth US$ (billions)</th><th>Citizenship</th><th>Source</th><th>World rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Françoise Bettencourt Meyers</td><td></td><td>10 July 1953</td><td>99.5</td><td>France</td><td>L'Oréal</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Alice Walton</td><td></td><td>7 October 1949</td><td>72.3</td><td>United States</td><td>Walmart</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Julia Koch</td><td></td><td>12 April 1962</td><td>64.3</td><td>United States</td><td>Koch industries</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jacqueline Mars</td><td></td><td>10 October 1939</td><td>38.5</td><td>United States</td><td>Mars, Inc.</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>MacKenzie Scott</td><td></td><td>7 April 1970</td><td>35.6</td><td>United States</td><td>Amazon.com</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Savitri Jindal</td><td></td><td>20 March 1950</td><td>33.5</td><td>India</td><td>Jindal Group</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Rafaela Aponte-Diamant</td><td></td><td>1944 or 1945 (age 80–81)</td><td>33.1</td><td>Italy /  Switzerland</td><td>Mediterranean Shipping Company</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Miriam Adelson</td><td></td><td>10 October 1945</td><td>32</td><td>Israel / United States</td><td>Las Vegas Sands</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Gina Rinehart</td><td></td><td>9 February 1954</td><td>30.8</td><td>Australia</td><td>Hancock Prospecting</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Abigail Johnson</td><td></td><td>19 December 1961</td><td>29</td><td>United States</td><td>Fidelity Investments</td><td>58</td></tr></tbody></table>

2023

List of female billionaires

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023, are:

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Birth date</th><th>Net worth US$ (billions)</th><th>Citizenship</th><th>Source</th><th>World rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Françoise Bettencourt Meyers</td><td></td><td>10 July 1953</td><td>74.8</td><td>France</td><td>L'Oréal</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Julia Koch</td><td></td><td>12 April 1962</td><td>59</td><td>United States</td><td>Koch industries</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Alice Walton</td><td></td><td>7 October 1949</td><td>56.7</td><td>United States</td><td>Walmart</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jacqueline Mars</td><td></td><td>10 October 1939</td><td>38.3</td><td>United States</td><td>Mars, Inc.</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Miriam Adelson</td><td></td><td>10 October 1945</td><td>35</td><td>Israel / United States</td><td>Las Vegas Sands</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Rafaela Aponte-Diamant</td><td></td><td>1944 or 1945 (age 80–81)</td><td>31.2</td><td>Italy</td><td>Mediterranean Shipping Company</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Susanne Klatten</td><td></td><td>28 April 1962</td><td>27.4</td><td>Germany</td><td>Altana, BMW</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Gina Rinehart</td><td></td><td>9 February 1954</td><td>27</td><td>Australia</td><td>Hancock Prospecting</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>MacKenzie Scott</td><td></td><td>7 April 1970</td><td>24.4</td><td>United States</td><td>Amazon.com</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Iris Fontbona</td><td></td><td>1942 or 1943 (age 82–83)</td><td>23.1</td><td>Chile</td><td>Antofagasta plc</td><td>65</td></tr></tbody></table>

2022

List of female billionaires

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022, are:

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Birth date</th><th>Net worth US$ (billions)</th><th>Citizenship</th><th>Source</th><th>World rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Françoise Bettencourt Meyers</td><td></td><td>10 July 1953</td><td>74.8</td><td>France</td><td>L'Oréal</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Alice Walton</td><td></td><td>7 October 1949</td><td>65.3</td><td>United States</td><td>Walmart</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Julia Koch</td><td></td><td>12 April 1962</td><td>60</td><td>United States</td><td>Koch industries</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>MacKenzie Scott</td><td></td><td>7 April 1970</td><td>43.6</td><td>United States</td><td>Amazon.com</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Jacqueline Mars</td><td></td><td>10 October 1939</td><td>31.7</td><td>United States</td><td>Mars, Inc.</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Gina Rinehart</td><td></td><td>9 February 1954</td><td>30.2</td><td>Australia</td><td>Hancock Prospecting</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Miriam Adelson</td><td></td><td>10 October 1945</td><td>27.5</td><td>Israel / United States</td><td>Las Vegas Sands</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Susanne Klatten</td><td></td><td>28 April 1962</td><td>24.3</td><td>Germany</td><td>Altana, BMW</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Iris Fontbona</td><td></td><td>1942 or 1943 (age 82–83)</td><td>22.8</td><td>United States</td><td>Antofagasta plc</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Abigail Johnson</td><td></td><td>19 December 1961</td><td>21.2</td><td>United States</td><td>Fidelity Investments</td><td>75</td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

List of female billionaires

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021, are:

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Birth date</th><th>Net worth US$ (billions)</th><th>Citizenship</th><th>Source</th><th>World rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Françoise Bettencourt Meyers</td><td></td><td>10 July 1953</td><td>73.6</td><td>France</td><td>L'Oréal</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Alice Walton</td><td></td><td>7 October 1949</td><td>61.8</td><td>United States</td><td>Walmart</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MacKenzie Scott</td><td></td><td>7 April 1970</td><td>53</td><td>United States</td><td>Amazon.com</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Julia Koch</td><td></td><td>12 April 1962</td><td>46.4</td><td>United States</td><td>Koch industries</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Miriam Adelson</td><td></td><td>10 October 1945</td><td>38.2</td><td>Israel / United States</td><td>Las Vegas Sands</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Jacqueline Mars</td><td></td><td>10 October 1939</td><td>31.3</td><td>United States</td><td>Mars, Inc.</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Yang Huiyan</td><td></td><td>20 July 1981</td><td>29.6</td><td>Cyprus</td><td>Country Garden Holdings</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Susanne Klatten</td><td></td><td>28 April 1962</td><td>27.7</td><td>Germany</td><td>Altana, BMW</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Gina Rinehart</td><td></td><td>9 February 1954</td><td>23.6</td><td>Australia</td><td>Hancock Prospecting</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Iris Fontbona</td><td></td><td>1942 or 1943 (age 82–83)</td><td>23.5</td><td>Chile</td><td>Antofagasta plc</td><td>74</td></tr></tbody></table>

2020

List of female billionaires

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020, are:

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Birth date</th><th>Net worth US$ (billions)</th><th>Citizenship</th><th>Source</th><th>World rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Alice Walton</td><td></td><td>7 October 1949</td><td>65.9</td><td>United States</td><td>Walmart</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Françoise Bettencourt Meyers</td><td></td><td>10 July 1953</td><td>65.4</td><td>France</td><td>L'Oréal</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MacKenzie Scott</td><td></td><td>7 April 1970</td><td>62.3</td><td>United States</td><td>Amazon</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Julia Koch</td><td></td><td>12 April 1962</td><td>44.9</td><td>United States</td><td>Koch industries</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Jacqueline Mars</td><td></td><td>10 October 1939</td><td>28.9</td><td>United States</td><td>Mars, Inc.</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Yang Huiyan</td><td></td><td>July 20, 1981</td><td>27.3</td><td>Cyprus</td><td>Country Garden Holdings</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Susanne Klatten</td><td></td><td>28 April 1962</td><td>23.9</td><td>Germany</td><td>Altana, BMW</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Laurene Powell Jobs</td><td></td><td>6 November 1963</td><td>19.9</td><td>United States</td><td>Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Zhong Huijuan</td><td></td><td>1961 (age 64–65)</td><td>18.8</td><td>China</td><td>Hansoh Pharmaceutical</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Gina Rinehart</td><td></td><td>9 February 1954</td><td>16.1</td><td>Australia</td><td>Hancock Prospecting</td><td>103</td></tr></tbody></table>