1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oréal, her source of wealth is this business and her net worth is $74.8 billion.
Rihanna becomes the youngest self-made billionaire in America, according to Forbes 2022. Her net worth stands at 1.4 billion as of today. Getty Images Rihanna is America's youngest self-made billionaire woman, as per recent Forbes 2022 list.
CBS: The Rise and Success of the First Black Female Billionaire Sheila Johnson.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers – $74.1 Billion
Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers - Credit: Patrick Bernard /Sipa USA. Patrick Bernard /Sipa USA. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is currently the richest woman in the world with a net worth of $74.1 billion, per Forbes.
Kim Jung-Youn, the teenage daughter of Kim Jung-Ju who founded the online gaming company Nexon, is the youngest billionaire in the world as of November 2022.
Australia followed closely behind, with 60% of its 15 billionaires being women. Hancock Prospecting chair Gina Rinehart was dubbed Australia's highest-ranking billionaire with a net worth of $30.2 billion.
Alice Walton – Net worth: $40.8 billion
Alice Walton is the richest women in America in 2022. Once again the absolute leader is the heiress to Walmart Stores, Inc.
In 2002, Oprah Winfrey was named the first recipient of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Oprah Winfrey became the first Black female billionaire in the United States in 2003.
Jeremiah Hamilton (1806-1875), "Wall Street's first Black trader," made his fortune in New York in the 19th century.
Rihanna's riches also make her the wealthiest female musician in the world, Forbes previously reported.
George Lucas. As in 2021, Lucas is on the list of billionaire celebrities this year. The creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises saw his net worth decline by nearly a quarter to $6.47 billion at the end of 2022, Bloomberg data shows. That is down from $8.32 billion last year.
C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S., is the next female role model to be honored in Barbie's line of Inspiring Women dolls. Walker, the daughter of former slaves, was born as Sarah Breedlove.
Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day. Australia's richest citizen, Gina Rinehart built her wealth on iron ore. The daughter of high profile iron-ore explorer Lang Hancock, Rinehart rebuilt her late father's financially distressed company, Hancock Prospecting, becoming executive chairwoman in 1992.
30-year-old Australian entrepreneur Nick Molnar is credited with reinventing the spending habits of millions of millennials with his “buy now, pay later” payments platform.
In Australia most land is held under the Torrens Title system, although remnants of the old system of land title still remain. All land in the Australian Capital Territory is leasehold (effectively Torrens freehold), while and much of the Northern Territory is held under Crown lease.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has topped the Financial Review Rich List for the third consecutive year, becoming Australia's richest person worth a record $34.02 billion – up $3 billion from last year.
New data has revealed where Australia's richest people live - and what they do for a crust. The Australian Taxation Office has released data compiled by tax returns from 2019-2020, filed by more than 14 million Australians. And it turns out Perth has the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country.