List of female billionaires - wikipedia 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. There were a record of 256 women listed on the world 's billionaires as of 6 March 2018. In March 2017, there were 227 female women billionaires, up from 187 in June 2015. Since Liliane Bettencourt died in 2017, her only child and heiress, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has become listed by some sources as the world 's wealthiest female. The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 7 March 2018 are : No. Name Image Birth date Net worth US $ ( billions ) Citizenship Source World Rank Alice Walton ( 1949 - 10 - 07 ) 7 October 1949 ( age 68 ) 46.0 United States Wal - Mart 16 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers ( 1953 - 07 - 10 ) 10 July 1953 ( age 64 ) 42.2 France L'Oréal 18 Susanne Klatten ( 1962 - 04 - 28 ) 28 April 1962 ( age 55 ) 25.0 Germany Altana, BMW 32 Jacqueline Mars ( 1939 - 10 - 10 ) 10 October 1939 ( age 78 ) 23.6 United States Mars, Inc. 34 Yang Huiyan 1981 ( age 35 - 36 ) 21.9 China, People 's Republic of Country Garden Holdings 43 6 Laurene Powell Jobs ( 1963 - 11 - 06 ) 6 November 1963 ( age 54 ) 18.8 United States Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company 58 7 Gina Rinehart ( 1954 - 02 - 09 ) 9 February 1954 ( age 64 ) 17.4 Australia Hancock Prospecting 80 8 Iris Fontbona 1942 / 1943 ( age 75 -- 76 ) 16.3 Chile Antofagasta PLC 80 9 Abigail Johnson ( 1961 - 12 - 19 ) 19 December 1961 ( age 56 ) 15.9 United States Fidelity Investments 83 10 Charlene de Carvalho - Heineken ( 1954 - 06 - 30 ) 30 June 1954 ( age 63 ) 15.8 Netherlands Heineken International 86 See also Forbes list of billionaires Forbes list of The World 's 100 Most Powerful Women The Giving Pledge References ^ Jump up to : `` The World 's Billionaires List ''. Forbes. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Jump up ^ The World 's Billionaires List, Forbes, Retrieved 28 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Richest People in the World ''. Money. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Lists of people by net worth By citizenship Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China ( PRC ) Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Mexico Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan ( ROC ) Thailand Turkey Uganda Ukraine UAE United Kingdom United States Venezuela Vietnam By region Arab League South Asia South East Asia Africa World Forbes lists 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Forbes 400 In history List of wealthiest historical figures List of richest Americans in history Other Bloomberg Billionaires Index Forbes Fictional 15 Financial Review Rich List ( Australia ) Hurun Muslims Royals Sunday Times Rich List ( UK ) Women Wealthiest Americans ( 1957 ) By alumni Extreme Wealth Concepts Billionaires Capital accumulation Distribution of wealth Dynastic wealth Economic inequality Geography and wealth High - net - worth individual UHNWI Millionaires National wealth Oligarchy Overaccumulation Paper wealth Plutocracy Plutonomy Wealth Wealth concentration Wealth effect Wealth management Wealth and religion Wealth tax Lists of people Female billionaires ‎ Wealthiest Americans Richest royals Wealthiest families Wealthiest historical figures Forbes list of billionaires Lists of organizations Companies by profit and loss Largest companies by revenue Largest financial services companies by revenue Largest manufacturing companies by revenue Public corporations by market capitalization Wealthiest organizations Other lists Cities by number of billionaires Countries by number of billionaires Most expensive things Wealthiest animals See also Business magnate Business oligarch Philanthropy The Giving Pledge The rich get richer and the poor get poorer Upper class Nouveau riche Vieux riche Religion and poverty Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_female_billionaires&oldid=836828974 '' Categories : Female billionaires Lists of women Lists of people by wealth Hidden categories : Articles containing potentially dated statements from March 2018 All articles containing potentially dated statements Talk About Wikipedia Français हिन्दी Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 17 April 2018, at 02 : 29. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the richest woman in the us
Answer: Alice Walton