With her net worth estimated at $71.4 billion, L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman on earth. Her family owns 33% of L’Oreal stock and she is the chairperson of this makeup firm. The second slot on the top 50 richest women of the world is claimed by Alice Walton, the only daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. Her net worth is $68 billion.

The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Mackenzie Scott made it to the world’s richest women – billionaires list 2021 with a net worth of $54.9 billion. She was married to Jeff Bezos for 25 years and they divorced in mid-2019. As part of the divorce settlement, Jeff transferred 25% of his Amazon stake to MacKenzie, which was 4% of the company.

With a net worth of $44.9 billion, Julia Koch made it to the billionaire list at the fourth spot after she and her three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries from her husband, David Koch, who died in August 2019 at age 79.

Yang Huiyan is the fifth richest woman in the world today. Yang Huiyan owns 57% stakes in the company Garden Holdings and her net worth is $31.4 billion. With a net worth of $28.9 billion, Jacqueline Mars is the sixth wealthiest woman in the world. She owns an estimated one-third of the world’s largest candy maker, Mars, which was founded by her grandfather.

Owning 19.2% of the automotive giant BMW, Susanne Klatten is the seventh richest woman in the world. Her net worth is $25.8 billion. The eighth position among the world’s richest women goes to Zhong Huijuan with her net worth estimated at $23.5 billion. She is the chairperson of drugmaker Hansoh Pharmaceuticals, Zhong Huijuan.

With an estimated net worth of $22.1 billion, Laurene Powell Jobs stands ninth on the list of richest women in the world. She inherited $21.6 billion from the stakes in Apple and Disney that her deceased husband Steve Jobs passed on to her.

The World’s Richest Women, 2021

RankNameNet WorthCountry 1Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family$71.4 billionFrance 2Alice Walton$68.0 billionUnited States 3MacKenzie Scott$54.9 billionUnited States 4Julia Koch & family$44.9 billionUnited States 5Yang Huiyan & family$31.4 billionChina 6Jacqueline Mars$28.9 billionUnited States 7Susanne Klatten$25.8 billionGermany 8Zhong Huijuan$23.5 billionChina 9Laurene Powell Jobs & family$22.1 billionUnited States 10Iris Fontbona & family$21.0 billionChile 11Zhou Qunfei & family$18.6 billionHong Kong 12Fan Hongwei & family$17.9 billionChina 13Gina Rinehart$17.4 billionAustralia 14Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family$17.1 billionNetherlands 15Wu Yajun$16.3 billionChina 16Abigail Johnson$15.0 billionUnited States 17Kirsten Rausing$13.5 billionSweden 18Kwong Siu-hing$13.0 billionHong Kong 19Lu Zhongfang$12.7 billionChina 20Wang Laichun$12.7 billionChina 21Cheng Xue$10.8 billionChina 22Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family$10.6 billionItaly 23Denise Coates$9.9 billionUnited Kingdom 24Lam Wai Ying$9.1 billionHong Kong 25Ann Walton Kroenke$9.1 billionUnited States 26Savitri Jindal & family$8.7 billionIndia 27Nancy Walton Laurie$8.2 billionUnited States 28Blair Parry-Okeden$8.2 billionUnited States 29Diane Hendricks$8.0 billionUnited States 30Christy Walton$7.8 billionUnited States 31Zhao Yan$7.8 billionChina 32Zeng Fangqin$7.6 billionChina 33Magdalena Martullo-Blocher$7.5 billionSwitzerland 34Rahel Blocher$7.4 billionSwitzerland 35Marie-Hélène Habert$7.2 billionFrance 36Pamela Mars$7.2 billionUnited States 37Victoria Mars$7.2 billionUnited States 38Valerie Mars$7.2 billionUnited States 39Marijke Mars$7.2 billionUnited States 40Sandra Ortega Mera$7.1 billionSpain 41Antonia Ax:son Johnson & family$7.0 billionSweden 42Sofie Kirk Kristiansen$6.9 billionDenmark 43Agnete Kirk Thinggaard$6.9 billionDenmark 44Li Haiyan$6.7 billionChina 45Ronda Stryker$6.6 billionUnited States 46Marie Besnier Beauvalot$6.3 billionFrance 47Zheng Shuliang & family$6.2 billionChina 48Meg Whitman$5.8 billionUnited States 49Chan Laiwa & family$5.8 billionChina 50Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family$5.8 billionMexico