World's Richest Women 2012
Women Billionaires
Forbes
released the 2012 list of billionaires, there are 21 women billionaires
in the world. They have a combined total net worth of $248.6 billion.
Last year had 20 women billionaires in the world with combined fortune
of $232 billion. While the majority of their wealth was inherited –
just one woman in
the top 21 has a self-made fortune- -many are putting their money to
good use in philanthropy.
#1. Christy Walton, 57, & family
Net worth: $25.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart, United States
The widow of John Walton, she inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion
after he died in an airplane accident in 2005. Regaining her 2010,2011
title as world's richest woman, she got an extra bump in her fortune
because of her late husband's early investment in First Solar; shares up
nearly 500% since 2006 initial public offering.
#2. Liliane Bettencourt,89
Net worth: $24 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: L'Oreal, France
France's richest woman and the only child of Eugene Schueller, her
late father founded L'Oreal one of the world's largest cosmetics and
beauty companies.
#3. Alice Walton, 62
Net worth: $23.3 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart, United States
The daughter of Wal-Mart co-founder, her father, Sam Walton (d.
1922), a former clerk, founded original Bentonville store with his
brother James. Today Wal-Mart has sales of $405 billion, employs more
than 2.1 million people.
#4. Georgina "Gina" Rinehart, 58
Net worth: $18 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Mining, Australia
The heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining
magnate Lang Hancock. She is the richest person in Australia and
the richest woman in Asia.
#5. Iris Fontbona, 69, & family
Net worth: $17.8 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Mining, Chile
The second wife, and now widow, of billionaire Andronico
Luksic, who
died of cancer in 2005. The family controls Antofagasta, one of the
world's largest copper miners. As of 2012, Iris Fontbona and her family
have a net worth of $17.8 billion
.#6. Birgit Rausing, 88, & family
Net worth: $14 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Packaging, Sweden
The widow of Gad Rausing, after death of her husband in 2000, she
inherited the packaging giant Tetra Laval along with her three children.
In 1944 her father-in-law founded the company, which revolutionized the
packaging of liquids such as juices and milk.
#7. Jacqueline Mars, 72
Net worth: $13.8 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth:Candy, Pet food, United States
The granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy
company Mars, Incorporated. The company's products are chocolate
(Snickers, M&Ms) and pet food (Pedigree). The family has since
created the world's largest confectionery company by acquiring gum maker
Wrigley in 2008 for $23 billion.
#8. Susanne Klatten, 49
Net worth: $13 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: BMW, pharmaceuticals, GermanySusanne Klatten is the
daughter of Herbert Quandt, she inherited
stake in automaker BMW from late father Herbert Quandt, who rescued it
from bankruptcy in the early 1960s. Additionally, she is a trained
economist with an M.B.A., Klatten also inherited a 50% stake in chemical
manufacturer Altana and has since increased her control of the company
to 100% and delisted the company.
#9. Anne Cox Chambers, 92
Net worth: $12.5 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Cox Enterprises, United States
The daughter of Cox Enterprises founder James M. Cox (d.1957), who
finished high school at 17 and worked as a schoolteacher and newspaper
reporter before shelling out
$26,000 for the Dayton Evening News in
1898.
#10. Savitri Jindal, 62
Net worth: $10.9 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Steel, India
She became the chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group (a steel and power
conglomerate) after her husband, Om Prakash Jindal, died in a helicopter
crash in 2005. Om Prakash Jindal founded the company in 1952. Savitri
Jindal and her four sons Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen runs the
businesses.
#11. Abigail Johnson, 50
Net worth: $10.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Fidelity, United States
Daughter of American businessman and investor Edward
Johnson, III
, Abigail Johnson and her father controls Fidelity Investments,
America's largest mutual fund company. She now ]owns up to 24% of the
shares in Fidelity.
#12. Johanna Quandt, 85
Net worth: $10 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: BMW, Germany
The widow of German industrialist Herbert Quandt and mother of
Susanne Klatten who is worth $13 billion. A former secretary and third
wife of the late Herbert Quandt, her husband rescued auto maker BMW from
bankruptcy in the early 1960s. She retired from BMW's supervisory board
in 1997 but still owns 17% of the auto maker. Her children, Susanne
Klatten and Stefan Quandt, have large stakes as well and are also
billionaires. She now lives quietly in spa town of Bad Homburg near
Frankfurt.
#13. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
Net worth: $9 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Apple, Disney
The widow of co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, she
inherited his wealth after he died in October 2011. A fortune that was
largely placed into living trusts near the end of her husband's life.
She is co-founder and President of the Board of College Track.
#14. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, 57
Net worth: $7.7 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Heineken, Netherlands
She is the daughter of Freddy Heineken, the Dutch industrialist. She
inherited 25% stake in Dutch brewer Heineken upon the death of her
father in 2002. The company has more than 170 premium brands in more
than 65 countries.
#15. Miuccia Prada, 62
Net worth: $6.8 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Prada
The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, founder of fashion label
Prada . Miuccia Prada runs the company with her husband Patrizio
Bertelli. She also has a Ph.D. in political science.
#16. Antonia Johnson, 68
Net worth: $6.5 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Diversified, Sweden
In 1982 she succeeded her father as chairman of the board for Axel
Johnson AB, Sweden, and Axel Johnson Inc., a diversified trading company
founded by her great-grandfather in 1873.
#17. Blair Parry-Okeden, 61
Net worth: $6.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Cox Enterprises, U.S.
The granddaughter of Cox Enterprises founder James
M. Cox (d. 1957),
Parry-Okeden inherited 25% stake in the business after her mother,
Barbara Cox Anthony, passed away in 2007.
#18. Wu Yajun, 48, & family
Net worth:$5.7 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Real Estate, China (Self made)
The richest self-made woman in the world is former journalist, Wu
Yajun graduated from the Department of Navigation Engineering of the
Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1984 with a degree in
engineering, and from 1988 to 1993 worked as a journalist and editor
with the China Shirong News Agency. She is onwer of Hong Kong-listed
real estate developer Longfor Properties. Wu shares her fortune with
her husband, who also holds a stake in the company.
#19. Yang Huiyan, 30
Net worth: $4.7 billion
Source of Wealth: Real Estate
Daughter of Chinese entrepreneur and the founder of Country Garden
Group, Yeung Kwok Keung, transferred his holding of the family's main
fortune, shares in family-controlled real estate developer Country
Garden Holdings. Yang is the majority shareholder of Country Garden
Holdings.
#20. Rosalia Mera, 68
Net worth: $4.5 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Zara
Ex-wife of fashion executive Amancio Ortega Gaona, and co- founder of
Inditex (parent company of Zara retail stores). Rosalia Mera is Spain's
richest woman. Mera and Ortega are long-divorced, but she still holds a
5.8% stake in Inditex, plus apile of cash from its 2001 IPO.
Women Billionaires
Forbes
released the 2012 list of billionaires, there are 21 women billionaires
in the world. They have a combined total net worth of $248.6 billion.
Last year had 20 women billionaires in the world with combined fortune
of $232 billion. While the majority of their wealth was inherited –
just one woman in
the top 21 has a self-made fortune- -many are putting their money to
good use in philanthropy.
#1. Christy Walton, 57, & family
Net worth: $25.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart, United States
The widow of John Walton, she inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion
after he died in an airplane accident in 2005. Regaining her 2010,2011
title as world's richest woman, she got an extra bump in her fortune
because of her late husband's early investment in First Solar; shares up
nearly 500% since 2006 initial public offering.
#2. Liliane Bettencourt,89
Net worth: $24 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: L'Oreal, France
France's richest woman and the only child of Eugene Schueller, her
late father founded L'Oreal one of the world's largest cosmetics and
beauty companies.
#3. Alice Walton, 62
Net worth: $23.3 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart, United States
The daughter of Wal-Mart co-founder, her father, Sam Walton (d.
1922), a former clerk, founded original Bentonville store with his
brother James. Today Wal-Mart has sales of $405 billion, employs more
than 2.1 million people.
#4. Georgina "Gina" Rinehart, 58
Net worth: $18 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Mining, Australia
The heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining
magnate Lang Hancock. She is the richest person in Australia and
the richest woman in Asia.
#5. Iris Fontbona, 69, & family
Net worth: $17.8 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Mining, Chile
The second wife, and now widow, of billionaire Andronico
Luksic, who
died of cancer in 2005. The family controls Antofagasta, one of the
world's largest copper miners. As of 2012, Iris Fontbona and her family
have a net worth of $17.8 billion
.#6. Birgit Rausing, 88, & family
Net worth: $14 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Packaging, Sweden
The widow of Gad Rausing, after death of her husband in 2000, she
inherited the packaging giant Tetra Laval along with her three children.
In 1944 her father-in-law founded the company, which revolutionized the
packaging of liquids such as juices and milk.
#7. Jacqueline Mars, 72
Net worth: $13.8 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth:Candy, Pet food, United States
The granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy
company Mars, Incorporated. The company's products are chocolate
(Snickers, M&Ms) and pet food (Pedigree). The family has since
created the world's largest confectionery company by acquiring gum maker
Wrigley in 2008 for $23 billion.
#8. Susanne Klatten, 49
Net worth: $13 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: BMW, pharmaceuticals, GermanySusanne Klatten is the
daughter of Herbert Quandt, she inherited
stake in automaker BMW from late father Herbert Quandt, who rescued it
from bankruptcy in the early 1960s. Additionally, she is a trained
economist with an M.B.A., Klatten also inherited a 50% stake in chemical
manufacturer Altana and has since increased her control of the company
to 100% and delisted the company.
#9. Anne Cox Chambers, 92
Net worth: $12.5 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Cox Enterprises, United States
The daughter of Cox Enterprises founder James M. Cox (d.1957), who
finished high school at 17 and worked as a schoolteacher and newspaper
reporter before shelling out
$26,000 for the Dayton Evening News in
1898.
#10. Savitri Jindal, 62
Net worth: $10.9 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Steel, India
She became the chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group (a steel and power
conglomerate) after her husband, Om Prakash Jindal, died in a helicopter
crash in 2005. Om Prakash Jindal founded the company in 1952. Savitri
Jindal and her four sons Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen runs the
businesses.
#11. Abigail Johnson, 50
Net worth: $10.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Fidelity, United States
Daughter of American businessman and investor Edward
Johnson, III
, Abigail Johnson and her father controls Fidelity Investments,
America's largest mutual fund company. She now ]owns up to 24% of the
shares in Fidelity.
#12. Johanna Quandt, 85
Net worth: $10 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: BMW, Germany
The widow of German industrialist Herbert Quandt and mother of
Susanne Klatten who is worth $13 billion. A former secretary and third
wife of the late Herbert Quandt, her husband rescued auto maker BMW from
bankruptcy in the early 1960s. She retired from BMW's supervisory board
in 1997 but still owns 17% of the auto maker. Her children, Susanne
Klatten and Stefan Quandt, have large stakes as well and are also
billionaires. She now lives quietly in spa town of Bad Homburg near
Frankfurt.
#13. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
Net worth: $9 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Apple, Disney
The widow of co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, she
inherited his wealth after he died in October 2011. A fortune that was
largely placed into living trusts near the end of her husband's life.
She is co-founder and President of the Board of College Track.
#14. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, 57
Net worth: $7.7 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Heineken, Netherlands
She is the daughter of Freddy Heineken, the Dutch industrialist. She
inherited 25% stake in Dutch brewer Heineken upon the death of her
father in 2002. The company has more than 170 premium brands in more
than 65 countries.
#15. Miuccia Prada, 62
Net worth: $6.8 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Prada
The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, founder of fashion label
Prada . Miuccia Prada runs the company with her husband Patrizio
Bertelli. She also has a Ph.D. in political science.
#16. Antonia Johnson, 68
Net worth: $6.5 billion - As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Diversified, Sweden
In 1982 she succeeded her father as chairman of the board for Axel
Johnson AB, Sweden, and Axel Johnson Inc., a diversified trading company
founded by her great-grandfather in 1873.
#17. Blair Parry-Okeden, 61
Net worth: $6.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Cox Enterprises, U.S.
The granddaughter of Cox Enterprises founder James
M. Cox (d. 1957),
Parry-Okeden inherited 25% stake in the business after her mother,
Barbara Cox Anthony, passed away in 2007.
#18. Wu Yajun, 48, & family
Net worth:$5.7 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Real Estate, China (Self made)
The richest self-made woman in the world is former journalist, Wu
Yajun graduated from the Department of Navigation Engineering of the
Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1984 with a degree in
engineering, and from 1988 to 1993 worked as a journalist and editor
with the China Shirong News Agency. She is onwer of Hong Kong-listed
real estate developer Longfor Properties. Wu shares her fortune with
her husband, who also holds a stake in the company.
#19. Yang Huiyan, 30
Net worth: $4.7 billion
Source of Wealth: Real Estate
Daughter of Chinese entrepreneur and the founder of Country Garden
Group, Yeung Kwok Keung, transferred his holding of the family's main
fortune, shares in family-controlled real estate developer Country
Garden Holdings. Yang is the majority shareholder of Country Garden
Holdings.
#20. Rosalia Mera, 68
Net worth: $4.5 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Zara
Ex-wife of fashion executive Amancio Ortega Gaona, and co- founder of
Inditex (parent company of Zara retail stores). Rosalia Mera is Spain's
richest woman. Mera and Ortega are long-divorced, but she still holds a
5.8% stake in Inditex, plus apile of cash from its 2001 IPO.
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