Top 10 Richest Women in the World-

Top 10 Richest Women in the World-

1. Chirsty Walton

Wealth: $22.5 billion
Country: United States of America
Wife of late John T.Walton – founder of Wal-Mart

2. Alice Walton

Wealth: $US20.6 billion
Source: Wal-Mart
Citizen: United States of America

Heiress to Wal-Mart fortune andsister in law of world’s richest women Christy Walton.

3. Liliane Bettencourt

Wealth: $US20.0 billion
Country: France
Daughter of L’Oréal founder Eugene Scheueller.
4. Brigit Rausing

Wealth: $US13.0 billion
Country Sweden
Inherited packaging firm Tetra Laval on death of husband. An art historian by training.

5. Savitri Jindal

Wealth: $US12.2 billion
Country: India

Her wealth comes from Jindal Steel in India. Also mother of nine children.

6. Abigail Johnson

Wealth: $US11.5 billion
Country: USA

President of Fidelity Investments Personal and Workplace Investing.

7. Susanne Klatten

Wealth: $US11.1 billion
Country: Germany

Owns a 12% stake in BMW and a 50.1% stake in a pharmaceutical company in US.

8. Iris Fontbona

Wealth: $US11.0 billion
Country: Chile

From ownership of Chilean mines.

9. Jacqueline Mars

Wealth: $US11.0 billion
Country: United States of America

Owns the great confectionery conglomerate – Mars. Also very successful pet food company which includes Pedigree and Whiskas.

10. Anne Cox Chambers

Wealth: $US10.2 billion
Country: United States of America

Cox Communications which includes newspapers, television, radio, and cable.

Richest Self Made Women include

* Wu Yajun – $3.9 billion from property development in Hong Kong and China
* Oprah Winfrey ($2.4 billion)- tv presenter, chat show host
* J.K.Rowling – author of Harry Potter series
* Giuliana Benneton ($2.1bn)