Here’s the list of the 10 wealthiest women in the world 2015. Most of them have inherited their wealth and some have worked hard to earn this wealth. These ultimate bold women have their names well known to be proud. Let’s see the top 10 richest women in the world which are from different countries and have special businesses and the amount of wealth worth.
Christy Walton
Christy Walton is a USA resident and this is her birthplace. Her net wealth estimated to be $37.6 billion which she makes her on the top list. She inherited the wealth from her late husband John Walton son of Sam Walton founder of Walmart, her holding share here and in The First Solar which has gone up in the past 2 years getting her net worth to reach this figure.
Liliane Bettencourt
She is also the richest person in Europe and the richest in France with a net worth of $34.5 billion. She is the only daughter of the founder of a widely known cosmetic brand L’Oréal and inherited the wealth after his demise. She holds a large percentage of the shares and had also gained a great amount of profit when she sold her island in Seychelles making her get this 2nd spot on the list.
Alice Walton
The only daughter of Sam Walton the founder of Walmart which passed on his wealth to Alice after he passed away. She is one of the top philanthropists of the family and has her name for the most influencing persons in the world. Her net worth is estimated to be $34.3 billion which major is from Walmart, currently reside in Texas, USA.
Jacqueline Mars
She is from one of the riches families, The Mars Family which has wealth from their candy production company. Daughter of Forrest Edwards Mars who passed his wealth to her and her two brothers. She lives in Virginia, the USA and one of the famous investors also holds a part of the shares in their candy company, making her net wealth to be $20 billion claiming the 4th position.
Gina Rinehart
Also known to be the wealthiest person of Australia, which inherited wealth and business of her father Late Lang Hancock. He was the biggest mining tycoon in which Rina kept his business up to new heights taking over after his death. Her wealth is estimated to be worth $17.7 billion of which her major source comes from mining projects of iron ore and coal also known as the Mining Billionaire.
Susanne Klatten
She owns her place in the list with her wealth inherited my father who holds major stakes of automaker BMW. Her wealth source is from BMW and pharmaceutical company Atlanta. Being the richest person of Germany she resides here and it is her birthplace owning a net worth of $17.4 billion.
Abigail Johnson
One more known and most powerful woman of the USA who is the President of Fidelity Financial services and CEO of Fidelity Investments which got her this post by her father Edward ‘Ned’ Johnson when he stepped down. His net worth is estimated to be $17.3 billion gainings her the seventh place in the list according to Forbes.
Anne Cox Chambers
Is the primary owner of Cox Enterprise which was founded by her father James Middleton Cox, passing on his wealth to his daughter after his death. She is the oldest richest woman in the world born in 1919. Net worth she owes is $15.5 billion and also known to be a former US ambassador to Belgium during Jimmy Carter’s governing.
Laurene Powell Jobs
She is the widow of great inventor Steve Jobs, who left her all the stakes of his firms like Apple, Disney, Pixar, and others making her claim this spot on the top 10 lists in 9th position. She holds the largest individual stake in Disney and her net worth is to be $14 billion.
Johanna Quandt
The third wife of late Herbert Quandt who saved BMW from bankruptcy and now has taken up heights. Getting the wealth of her husband with daughter and Son, she holds 10th position in the world’s richest woman residing in Germany with a net worth $12.8 billion.
These were the Billionaire women ranking top 10 in the world.