# 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 or April. There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4April2023, up from 327 in 2022. Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman.
According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are self-made and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and self-made wealth as of 2017.

## 2023 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 4 April 2023, are:
| No. | Name | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) | Citizenship | Source | World rank |
| 1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71) | 74.8 | France | L'Oréal | 1 |
| 2 | Julia Koch | (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 59 | United States | Koch industries | 17 |
| 3 | Alice Walton | (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75) | 56.7 | United States | Walmart | 21 |
| 4 | Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85) | 38.3 | United States | Mars, Inc. | 31 |
| 5 | Miriam Adelson | (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79) | 35 | Israel / United States | Las Vegas Sands | 35 |
| 6 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | 1944 or 1945 (age 79–80) | 31.2 | Italy | Mediterranean Shipping Company | 43 |
| 7 | Susanne Klatten | (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 27.4 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 51 |
| 8 | Gina Rinehart | (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 71) | 27 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 52 |
| 9 | MacKenzie Scott | (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 24.4 | United States | Amazon.com | 60 |
| 10 | Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.1 | Chile | Antofagasta plc | 65 |

## 2022 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022, are:
| No. | Name | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) | Citizenship | Source | World rank |
| 1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71) | 74.8 | France | L'Oréal | 14 |
| 2 | Alice Walton | (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75) | 65.3 | United States | Walmart | 18 |
| 3 | Julia Koch | (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 60 | United States | Koch industries | 21 |
| 3 | MacKenzie Scott | (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 43.6 | United States | Amazon.com | 30 |
| 5 | Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85) | 31.7 | United States | Mars, Inc. | 41 |
| 6 | Gina Rinehart | (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 71) | 30.2 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 46 |
| 7 | Miriam Adelson | (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79) | 27.5 | Israel / United States | Las Vegas Sands | 50 |
| 8 | Susanne Klatten | (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 24.3 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 56 |
| 9 | Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 22.8 | United States | Antofagasta plc | 67 |
| 10 | Abigail Johnson | (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 (age 63) | 21.2 | United States | Fidelity Investments | 75 |

## 2021 list

In January 2021, CEOWORLD Magazine announced that if her family's wealth is included in her total fortune, then Francoise Bettencourt Meyers's wealth is estimated to stand at $71.4 billion.
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 17 March 2021, are:
| No. | Name | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) | Citizenship | Source | World rank |
| 1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71) | 73.6 | France | L'Oréal | 12 |
| 2 | Alice Walton | (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75) | 61.8 | United States | Walmart | 17 |
| 3 | MacKenzie Scott | (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 53 | United States | Amazon.com | 22 |
| 4 | Julia Koch | (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 46.4 | United States | Koch industries | 27 |
| 5 | Miriam Adelson | (1945-10-10) 10 October 1945 (age 79) | 38.2 | Israel / United States | Las Vegas Sands | 36 |
| 6 | Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85) | 31.3 | United States | Mars, Inc. | 48 |
| 7 | Yang Huiyan | (1981-07-20) 20 July 1981 (age 43) | 29.6 | Cyprus | Country Garden Holdings | 50 |
| 8 | Susanne Klatten | (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 27.7 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 53 |
| 9 | Gina Rinehart | (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 71) | 23.6 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 70 |
| 10 | Iris Fontbona | 1942 or 1943 (age 81–82) | 23.5 | Chile | Antofagasta plc | 74 |

## 2020 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020, are:
| No. | Name | Birth date | Net worth US$ (billions) | Citizenship | Source | World rank |
| 1 | Alice Walton | (1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75) | 65.9 | United States | Walmart | 12 |
| 2 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71) | 65.4 | France | L'Oréal | 13 |
| 3 | MacKenzie Scott | (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 54) | 62.3 | United States | Amazon | 17 |
| 4 | Julia Koch | (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62) | 44.9 | United States | Koch industries | 24 |
| 5 | Jacqueline Mars | (1939-10-10) 10 October 1939 (age 85) | 28.9 | United States | Mars, Inc. | 38 |
| 6 | Yang Huiyan | (1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 (age 43) | 27.3 | Cyprus | Country Garden Holdings | 43 |
| 7 | Susanne Klatten | (1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 62) | 23.9 | Germany | Altana, BMW | 54 |
| 8 | Laurene Powell Jobs | (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 61) | 19.9 | United States | Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company | 67 |
| 9 | Zhong Huijuan | 1961 (age 63–64) | 18.8 | China | Hansoh Pharmaceutical | 70 |
| 10 | Gina Rinehart | (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 71) | 16.1 | Australia | Hancock Prospecting | 103 |