TOP 10 RICHEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD AND THEIR SOURCES OF WEALTH

TOP 10 RICHEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD AND THEIR SOURCES OF WEALTH 

1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: $74.8 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her grandfather, Eugène Schueller 

2. Alice Walton: $65.3 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her father, Sam Walton

3. Julia Koch: $60 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her dead husband, David Koch

4. Mackenzie Scott: $43.6 billion

Source of wealth: Divorce settlement from her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos

5. Jacqueline Mars: $31.7 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her grandfather, Frank C. Mars

6. Gina Reinhart: $30.2 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her father, Lang Hancock

7. Miriam Adelson: $27.5 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her husband, Sheldon Adelson 

8. Susanne Klatten: $24.3 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her father, and grandfather, Herbert Quandt

9. Iris Fontbona: $22.8 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her husband, Andrónico Luksic Abaroa

10. Yang Huiyan: $22.4 billion

Source of wealth: Inheritance from her father, Yang Guoqiang

So, out of the 10 richest women in the world, 6 inherited their billions from their fathers, and 4 from their husbands.

Meanwhile, the top 10 richest men in the world are all self-made. Their father, mother or wives gave them nothing..

1. Bernard Arnault: $209.3 billion

2. Elon Musk: $149.1 billion

3. Gautam Adani: $127.6 billion

4. Jeff Bezos: $116.9 billion

5. Larry Ellison: $107.1 billion

6. Warren Buffett: $106.0 billion

7. Bill Gates: $101.7 billion

8. Carlos slim Helu: $90.4 billion

9. Mukesh Ambani: $87.6 billion

10. Larry Page: $81.2 billion 

Most of these men have only daughters, another set of female billionaires.

Cc: Maria Ude Nwachi

Source: Adamazi Mbonu Onyi Jenifer

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