Alakija, 8 others worth $115bn are world's richest women

Alakija, 8 others worth $115bn are world's richest women

Friday, October 31, 2014 3:26 am


Christy Walton richest in the world

Christy Walton richest in the world

Lillane Bettencourt  of France second richest in the world

Lillane Bettencourt of France second richest in the world

The richest women in the world – all of whom are billionaires – have been announced. Wealth-X listed the extremely wealthy women in a Wednesday release, reported Mail Online.

The website determined the most affluent women by net worth in seven regions – North America, Europe, Pacific, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa – then ranked those women against one another.

Wealth-X found that the richest woman in the world, as well as in North America, is Christy Walton of Walmart, reporting her estimated net worth is $37.9billion.

Next up is Europe’s wealthiest woman and L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt of France, with an estimated $31.3billion net worth, according to the website.

Mining heiress Gina Reinhart of Australia took the title of most affluent woman in the Pacific, with an estimated net worth of $14.8billion, Wealth-X reported.

Gina Reinhart richest Australian woman

Gina Reinhart richest Australian woman

Soumaya Slim de Romero , richest woman  in Latin America

Soumaya Slim de Romero , richest woman in Latin America

For Latin America, it was a three-way tie between Mexican sisters Vanessa Paola Slim Hajj, Maria Soumaya Slim de Romero, and Johanna Slim Ayub, who are thought to possess a net worth of $6.3billion individually, the website found.

The women are the children of billionaire Carlos Slim, who also has three sons.

Folorunso Alakija: Africa's richest woman

Folorunso Alakija: Africa’s richest woman

Yang Huiyan of China, the most affluent woman in the Pacific, is thought to also have a net worth of $6.3billion.

In the Middle East, Shari Arison of Israel has a reported net worth of $4.2billion, and in Africa, Folorunsho Alakija of Nigeria has an estimated net worth of $1.2billion, according to Wealth-X. Both are businesswomen.

Yang Huiyan: richest woman in Asia

Yang Huiyan: richest woman in Asia

The website found that all together, the women are worth $114.6billion.

*Originally published by Mail Online


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  • Marilynn Denison says:

    Anita Lockhart Spainhower, they have left us off the list. We have lucked out, we don’t have all that responsibility, and decisions.

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