The richest woman in the world this year hails from France, just like the richest man, Bernard Arnault. With over US$80 billion in the bank, Bettencourt Meyers' wealth is derived from her and her family's 33 per cent stake in L'Oréal.
With a net worth of an excruciating $43 billion, Rinehart is not only the richest woman in Australia - by a large margin - she is also the eighth-richest woman in the world and among the wealthiest humans alive.
Roofing and building supply distributor Diane Hendricks remains No. 1 for the sixth year in a row, with a record $15 billion fortune, up from $12.2 billion last year.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest woman with an estimated $36.7 billion fortune. Rinehart came into her wealth after she took over from her father Lang Hancock who founded mineral exploration and extraction company Hancock Prospecting.
There are 337 women on the 2023 World's Billionaires list, including a familiar face as the world's wealthiest. T he reign of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers continues.
1. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge: $5 billion. Princess Charlotte of Wales is one of the richest kids in the world, with a net worth of $5 billion (£3.85 billion). She is the second child of Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge.
John D Rockefeller was announced as the world's first billionaire through newspaper headlines in 1916. Towards the end of his life, Rockefeller gave much of his money and assets to his heirs and philanthropies.
FIRST BILLIONAIRE: In 2000, Martha Stewart became America's first self-made female billionaire. She first hit billionaire status in 2000 after taking her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, public a year earlier.
Australia is considered a wealthy nation with a market-based economy that has a comparatively high gross domestic product and per capita income. Its economy is driven by the service sector and the export of commodities. [Explore the top universities in Australia.]
No suburb in the country features a greater concentration of members of The List – Australia's Richest 250 than Toorak, where Melbourne's wealthiest families have gathered for decades. Think historic looking mansions guarded by large hedges set back from the street to ensure privacy.
Meanwhile, Rihanna, who is a billionaire thanks to her Super Bowl halftime show-worthy discography and Fenty Beauty makeup company, takes the top music spot on the “Richest Self-Made Women” list with an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion — neatly doubling Swift's figure.
