The ranking of the richest women according to Forbes magazine

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Every year, more women are added to the famous Forbes list of the richest women in the world . In 2018, the ranking included a total of 256 women whose fortune together amounts to a total of 1 billion US dollars , a figure that is 20% higher than the previous year.

It is worth noting that a quarter of the women on the list built their wealth by starting their careers as entrepreneurs . That is, 72 of them opened their own business and thanks to this they now belong to this select group.

Below, we review the five women who top this ranking.



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Alice Walton (Walmart)
She is the daughter of Sam Walton, founder of the American namibia number data company Walmart . She currently has a fortune valued at 46 billion dollars , which places her in first place as the richest woman in the world.

He is dedicated to art and has a personal collection that is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars , according to Forbes.

Francoise Bettencourt Meyer (L'Oreal)
She is the heiress to her mother Liliane Bettencourt's multinational, which built the L'Oreal empire . She is worth more than 42 billion dollars and owns 33% of the shares in her mother's company.

Susanne Klatten (BMW)
The German woman who owns 20% of the BMW car company is rounding off the list . She is also the sole owner of the pharmaceutical chemical company Altana AG . Her fortune has risen to 25 billion US dollars.

Jacqueline Mars (Mars)
Jacqueline's grandfather started the company that has made her the fourth richest woman in the world today, with a net worth of $23.6 billion . He owns one-third of the shares in Mars , the largest candy distributor on the planet.

Yang Huiyan (Country Garden Holdings)
She is the richest woman in Asia and the fifth richest in the world. Her wealth amounts to 22 billion dollars thanks to the business she inherited from her family, the property developer Country Garden Holdings.

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