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 481 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 10 March 2026, up from 406 in 2025.[1] From 2025 to 2026 Alice Walton remained 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.[2]

2026

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 10 March 2026, are:[1]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Steady 1 Alice Walton 7 October 1949 Increase 134 United States Walmart
Steady 2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 10 July 1953 Increase 100 France L'Oréal
Steady 3 Julia Koch 12 April 1962 Increase 81 United States Koch, Inc.
Increase 4 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84)[3] Increase 52.6 Chile Antofagasta
Decrease 5 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Increase 49.1 United States Mars, Inc.
Decrease 6 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 81–82) Increase 44.5 Italy /  Switzerland Mediterranean Shipping Company
Decrease 7 Savitri Jindal 20 March 1950 Increase 39.1 India Jindal Group
Increase 8 Miriam Adelson 10 October 1945 Increase 37.5 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands
Decrease 9 Abigail Johnson 19 December 1961 Increase 33.2 United States Fidelity Investments
Increase 10 Zheng Shuliang 1945 or 1946 (age 80–81) Increase 33.2 China Shandong Hongqiao


2025

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 1 April 2025, are:[4]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Increase 1 Alice Walton 7 October 1949 Increase 101 United States Walmart Increase 15
Decrease 2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 10 July 1953 Decrease 81.6 France L'Oréal Decrease 20
Increase 3 Julia Koch 12 April 1962 Increase 74.2 United States Koch, Inc. Increase 21
Steady 4 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Increase 42.6 United States Mars, Inc. Increase 33
Increase 5 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 81–82) Increase 37.7 Italy /  Switzerland Mediterranean Shipping Company Increase 44
Steady 6 Savitri Jindal 20 March 1950 Increase 35.5 India Jindal Group Decrease 48
Increase 7 Abigail Johnson 19 December 1961 Increase 32.7 United States Fidelity Investments Increase 55
Decrease 8 Miriam Adelson 10 October 1945 Increase 32.1 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands Decrease 56
Increase 9 Marilyn Simons 1950 or 1951 (age 75–76) Increase 31 United States Renaissance Technologies Increase 57
Increase 10 Melinda French Gates 15 August 1964 Increase 30.4 United States Microsoft Increase 58

2024

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2024, are:[5]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Steady 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 10 July 1953 Increase 99.5 France L'Oréal Decrease 15
Increase 2 Alice Walton 7 October 1949 Increase 72.3 United States Walmart Steady 21
Decrease 3 Julia Koch 12 April 1962 Increase 64.3 United States Koch industries Decrease 23
Steady 4 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Increase 38.5 United States Mars, Inc. Decrease 35
Increase 5 MacKenzie Scott 7 April 1970 Increase 35.6 United States Amazon.com Increase 43
Increase 6 Savitri Jindal 20 March 1950 Increase 33.5 India Jindal Group Increase 46
Decrease 7 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 81–82) Increase 33.1 Italy /  Switzerland Mediterranean Shipping Company Decrease 48
Decrease 8 Miriam Adelson 10 October 1945 Decrease 32 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands Decrease 53
Decrease 9 Gina Rinehart 9 February 1954 Increase 30.8 Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 56
Increase 10 Abigail Johnson 19 December 1961 Increase 29 United States Fidelity Investments Increase 58

2023

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023, are:[6]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Steady 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 10 July 1953 Increase 74.8 France L'Oréal Increase 11
Increase 2 Julia Koch 12 April 1962 Decrease 59 United States Koch industries Decrease 17
Decrease 3 Alice Walton 7 October 1949 Decrease 56.7 United States Walmart Decrease 21
Increase 4 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Increase 38.3 United States Mars, Inc. Increase 31
Increase 5 Miriam Adelson 10 October 1945 Increase 35 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands Increase 35
Increase 6 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 1944 or 1945 (age 81–82) Increase 31.2 Italy Mediterranean Shipping Company Increase 43
Increase 7 Susanne Klatten 28 April 1962 Increase 27.4 Germany Altana, BMW Increase 51
Decrease 8 Gina Rinehart 9 February 1954 Decrease 27 Australia Hancock Prospecting Decrease 52
Decrease 9 MacKenzie Scott 7 April 1970 Decrease 24.4 United States Amazon.com Decrease 60
Decrease 10 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84) Increase 23.1 Chile Antofagasta plc Increase 65

2022

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022, are:[7]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Steady 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 10 July 1953 Increase 74.8 France L'Oréal Decrease 14
Steady 2 Alice Walton 7 October 1949 Increase 65.3 United States Walmart Decrease 18
Increase 3 Julia Koch 12 April 1962 Increase 60 United States Koch industries Increase 21
Decrease 4 MacKenzie Scott 7 April 1970 Decrease 43.6 United States Amazon.com Decrease 30
Increase 5 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Increase 31.7 United States Mars, Inc. Increase 41
Increase 6 Gina Rinehart 9 February 1954 Increase 30.2 Australia Hancock Prospecting Increase 46
Decrease 7 Miriam Adelson 10 October 1945 Decrease 27.5 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands Decrease 50
Steady 8 Susanne Klatten 28 April 1962 Decrease 24.3 Germany Altana, BMW Decrease 56
Increase 9 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84) Decrease 22.8 United States Antofagasta plc Increase 67
Increase 10 Abigail Johnson 19 December 1961 Increase 21.2 United States Fidelity Investments Increase 75

2021

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021, are:[8]

No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US$
(billions)		 Citizenship Source World
rank
Increase 1 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 10 July 1953 Increase 73.6 France L'Oréal Increase 12
Decrease 2 Alice Walton 7 October 1949 Decrease 61.8 United States Walmart Decrease 17
Steady 3 MacKenzie Scott 7 April 1970 Decrease 53 United States Amazon.com Decrease 22
Steady 4 Julia Koch 12 April 1962 Increase 46.4 United States Koch industries Decrease 27
Increase 5 Miriam Adelson 10 October 1945 Increase 38.2 Israel / United States Las Vegas Sands Increase 36
Decrease 6 Jacqueline Mars 10 October 1939 Increase 31.3 United States Mars, Inc. Decrease 48
Decrease 7 Yang Huiyan 20 July 1981 Increase 29.6 Cyprus[9] Country Garden Holdings Decrease 50
Decrease 8 Susanne Klatten 28 April 1962 Increase 27.7 Germany Altana, BMW Increase 53
Increase 9 Gina Rinehart 9 February 1954 Increase 23.6 Australia Hancock Prospecting Increase 70
Increase 10 Iris Fontbona 1942 or 1943 (age 83–84) Increase 23.5 Chile Antofagasta plc Increase 74

2020

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

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Chung, Grace (2025-04-01). "The Richest Women In The World 2026". Forbes. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  2. ↑ Brinded, Lianna (2018-05-18). "There are more female billionaires in the world, mostly thanks to inheritance". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Forbes profile: Iris Fontbona & family". Forbes. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Goldenberg, Julie (2025-04-01). "The Richest Women In The World 2025". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  5. ↑ Kroontje, Samantha (2024-04-02). "The Richest Women In The World 2024". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  6. ↑ Lopez Gomes, Gabriela (2023-04-04). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
  7. ↑ Sandler, Rachel (2022-04-05). "The World's Richest Women Billionaires 2023". Forbes.
  8. ↑ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. 1 2 "China's richest woman buys EU citizenship with 'golden passport'". Taiwan News. August 26, 2020.
  10. ↑ "The top 10 richest women in the world". Forbes. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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