As of October 2, 2022, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest woman in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 26.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $14.6 billion), Mike Cannon-Brookes (No. 3, $13.3 billion); and Scott Farquhar (No.
Richest self-made woman in U.S. Diane Hendricks grew up on dairy farm.
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.
Canva CEO and co-founder Melanie Perkins is the second-richest woman in the country. Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart topped the list with a net wealth $30.7 billion, followed by Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins with $8.2 billion.
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.
As the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has been named as the richest woman in the world. Francoise and her family own around 33% of L'Oreal stock.
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.
Only one out of six of the world's 556 female billionaires made their fortunes on their own and not through inheritance; 80% of self-made women billionaires made their money from listed companies, according to the report.
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.
The person who holds the most land in this pastoral-lease data, by far, is the Western Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart, who controls 9.2m hectares, or 1.2% of Australia's landmass, through three different corporate entities. The biggest corporate landholder is the ASX-listed Australian Agricultural Company.
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.
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.
The Olsen twins are the richest women in entertainment even though they have not been in major film or TV roles for the past 20 years. When they were six months old, their acting career had just started. They were cast in the role of Michelle Tanner in the ABC television sitcom Full House.
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.
A nine-year-old African kid is reportedly the world's youngest billionaire, who travels around the world in his private jet and has several mansions to his name. Mompha Junior from Lagos, Nigeria became the owner of his first mansion at the age of just six. He has an entire fleet of supercars.
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman on the planet for the second year running.
Rihanna Takes Over Kim Kardashian To Become America's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire, Here's Her Net Worth.
James Tyson (8 April 1819 – 4 December 1898) was an Australian pastoralist. He is regarded as Australia's first self-made millionaire. His name became a byword for reticence, wealth and astute dealing.