100 richest women in the world 2018, Forbes rating

Many will be able to name without hesitation richest men in the world: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and so on. But not everyone will be able to name the richest women on the fly. This is because billionaire lists often focus on men rather than women. However, Forbes did not make such a mistake and released the list of the richest billionaires as of 2018.

Many of these women are heirs to marital fortunes. However, 72 out of 256 billionaires built their businesses from scratch. The cumulative fortune of all the participants in the rating has exceeded one trillion dollars.

Top 100 richest women in the world 2018 (Forbes)

Here's what the top 10 richest women in the world look like.

10. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

Wealth: $ 15.8 billion

If you haven't already guessed by her last name, Charlene owns a stake in the world famous brewery Heineken. Its share in this business is 23%.

Heineken is one of the top three most popular alcoholic beverages producers in the world, with Charlene serving as its managing director. Michael, the billionaire's husband, also sits on Heineken's board of directors.

9. Abigail Johnson

Condition: $ 15.9 billion

She is the granddaughter of Edward Johnson II, the man behind Fidelity Investment, an American holding company founded in 1946. While attending college, Abigail did summer internships with Fidelity, and after completing an MBA at Harvard in 1988, she joined the family company.

Abigail is currently the CEO of Fidelity. Her company serves investors from over 100 countries. She is also the chairman of Fidelity International, a privately held investment firm for clients in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

8. Iris Fontbona

Capital: $ 16.3 billion

Widow of Andronico Luksic, who made billions from the beverage and mining industries. He left his wife not only three sons, but all his fortune.

It now owns a number of businesses, including copper mining in Chile, as well as several luxury hotels, resorts and a majority stake in one of Chile's largest conglomerates, Quiñenco. His areas of interest are the industrial and financial sectors, as well as beer production.

7. Georgina Reinhart

She owns $ 17.4 billion

This Australian woman inherited a majority stake in the iron ore company Hancock Prospecting, but at that time the family business was on the verge of ruin.

For almost 15 years, the whole of Australia followed the trial between Georgina and her stepmother Rosa Porchios. Rhinehart accused her stepmother of squandering almost all of her late father's money. As a result, in 2005 the court ordered Rosa to pay her stepdaughter $ 12.5 million.

Through mining, Georgina managed to save Hancock Prospecting from bankruptcy. For her tenacity, toughness and workaholism, Rhinehart is often called the Australian "iron lady".

It currently owns 3 of the 10 most promising mining deposits in the world, as well as 23 livestock production sites.

6. Lauren Powell Jobs

The owner of a fortune of $ 18.8 billion

Powell was the wife of Apple Inc. co-founder, the late Steve Jobs. Although Lauren inherited her husband's shares in Disney and Apple, she also founded her own organization called the Emerson Collective. It is an organization that seeks to promote social reform and help children.

And one of the richest women in 2018 is the CEO of College Track, a nonprofit that helps poor students financially.

5. Yang Huiyan

Condition: $ 21.9 billion

The 36-year-old Chinese woman is currently the youngest female billionaire as well as the richest woman in Asia.

She owns the majority of shares in the Chinese development company Country Gardens Holdings. Her father Yang Guoqiang transferred 70% of his shares to his daughter, making her one of the richest women in China.

4. Jacqueline Mars

Billions: $ 23.6 billion

American investor and heiress of the Mars Incorporated confectionery empire. The parents' fortune was divided between Jacqueline and her two brothers - John and Forrest Jr. (died in 2016).

Jacqueline worked in the "sweet" family business from 1982 to 2001, after which she retired and is now involved in charity work.

3. Suzanne Klatten

Wealth: $ 25 billion

The daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt inherited part of her parents' fortune, and these are shares in BMW, SGL, Geohumus, and a number of other companies. She is also the sole head of Altana's pharmaceutical business.

At one time, Herbert Quandt saved the auto giant BMW from impending bankruptcy. When the shareholders voted against the sale of the company, it was Herbert who found the banks willing to issue a loan on suitable terms. His daughter went through a good school at BMW, working as a simple engineer. There she met her future husband, from whom she gave birth to three children.

Currently, Frau Klatten has a significant impact on the development of the German automotive giant.

2. Françoise Bettencourt-Meyer

Capital: $ 42.2 billion

Françoise's grandfather was the founder of L'Oreal, now a world famous cosmetics manufacturer. Despite the fact that Françoise has only now entered the Forbes list of the richest billionaires, she has been running the family business since 2011. Her mother, Liliane Bettencourt, who died in 2017, suffered from dementia in the last years of her life and could not manage affairs.

1. Alice Walton

Owner of a fortune of $ 46 billion

According to Forbes, Ms. Walton became the richest woman in the world in 2018. Last year she was on the second line of the list. Her father, Sam Walton, was the founder of the popular supermarket chain Walmart. And Alice is his only daughter and heiress to a multibillion dollar fortune.

“One of the main responsibilities I have is to manage my assets wisely so that they have value,” Alice Walton once said. And, judging by the size of her wealth, she copes with her duties perfectly.

In addition to her capital, Walton is known for her collection of paintings, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. She opened the Crystal Bridges Museum, which displays paintings by Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and lesser-known American artists.