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 4 April 2023, 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:
2022 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 April 2022, are:
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:
2020 list
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 18 March 2020, are:
See also
- Forbes list of billionaires
- Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
- The Giving Pledge
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