Here, we talking about world’s top 10 richest woman, about her business and how she made a giant empire,from some of them related to biggest companies Walmart to Apple and Mars candy maker. So, let’s take a brief look on them.
Net Worth : $54.4 billionSource of Income : Walmart
Residence : Texas, USA
Alice Walton is second richest woman in the world, born in October 1949, at Arkansas USA. She is daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, later died of her father she heiress to the fortune of Walmart Stores Inc. She is the 2nd richest woman and 19th wealthiest person in the world.
2. Abigail Johnson
Net Worth : $17.3 billion
Source of Income : money management
Residence : Milton, Massachusetts
Abigail Johnson was born on December 19, 1961, American business woman. The giant investment company Fidelity Investment was founded by her grandfather in 1946. Johnson has served as CEO of Fidelity since 2014 and as chairman since 2016, she owns nearly 24.5% stake in the company and her siblings own estimated nearly 5% of stake. She’s wealth is nearly $17 billion, make her world’s one of the richest woman.
3. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
Net Worth : $16.3 billion
Source of Income : Heineken
Residence : London, United Kingdom
Charlene Heineken was born June 1954, Dutch-English businesswoman and owner of 23% controlling stake in Heineken. She is the daughter of Freddy Heineken, who is the founder of world’s second largest brewer Heineken International. Later, her father’s died she became executive director of Heineken and inherited stake in 2002.
4. Jacqueline Mars
Net Worth : $24.7 billion
Source of Income : Investor, Pet Food, Mars Candy
Residence : Virginia, USA
Jacqueline Mars is an American investor and heiress of candy maker Mars Company. She is born in 1939, at United Kingdom, daughter of Forrest Mars Sr. and Audrey Ruth, who founded Mars Inc. American candy maker company. She is 4th richest woman and 38th richest person in the world.
5. Kirsty Bertarelli
Net Worth : $12.1 billion
Source of Income : Songwriter
Residence : Switzerland
Kirsty Bertarelli was born June 1971, at Staffordshire, United Kingdom, by profession she is song writer, former miss UK and wife of Italian born swiss businessman Ernesto Bertarelli, owner of biotech giant Serono until 2007. According to ‘Sunday Time Rich List 2017’ her family placed at 6th rank who’s make her Britain''s richest woman.
6. Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth : $16.4 billion
Source of Income : Apple, Disney
Residence : California, USA
Laurence Powell Jobs was born November 1963, in New Jersey, USA, who is American business woman and widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. She is the chairs and founder of Emerson Collective, which is launched in mid half of the 2016, with gift of $1.2 billion, who is an organization that user entrepreneurship to advance social reform and helped to needy students.
7. Liliane Bettencourt
Net Worth : $44.9 billion
Source of Income : L’Oreal
Residence : France
Liliane Bettencourt was heiress of the L’Oreal company and died in September 2017 at the age of 94, she was richest woman in the world at the time of her death. The L’Oreal, cosmetic empire was founded by her father, Eugene Schueller in 1907, later she headed the empire with help of her daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and two grandsons. She was richest woman in the world and 14th richest person in the world.
8. Maria Franca Fissolo
Net Worth : $2.2 billion
Source of Income : Nutella
Residence : Monaco
Maria Franca Fissolo is one the richest woman in the world, she is widow of Michele Ferrero, he is the founder of Ferrero group into one of the world’s leading sweet company. The company is best known for his products like, Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread, Tic Tac mint and Kinder chocolate. Later, Ferrero’s died in 2015, the majority of stake leaving to her and Maria’s son Giovanni, Giovanni is chair person of company.
9. Susanne Klatten
Net Worth: $16.8 billion
Source of Income : BMW, Pharmaceuticals
Residence : Bad Homburg, Germany
Susanne Klatten is richest woman in the Germany with $16.8 billion who makes her 38th richest woman in the world. She is daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt, who was the industrialist of Germany, she owns 19.2% of automaker BMW and her brother Stefan Quandt, owns 23.7%. Klatten helped to transform her grandfather’s Altana AG into world class pharmaceuticals chemical corporation. She is an economist with a MBA.
10. Yang Huiyan
Net Worth : $21.2 billion
Source of Income : real estate
Residence : Foshan, China
Yang Huiyan is richest woman in the Asia, born on 1981, daughter of Yang Guoqiang, who started Biguiyuan company in 1997 and transferred 70% of share to her before its IPO in 2007. Yang Huiyan is a Chinese property developer and 55% of majority shareholder of Country Garden Holding. She is holding degree of Ohio State University.
