richest women, The wealthiest woman in the world as of August 1, 2022, is L'Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, with a net worth of over $74.9 billion. Alice Walton is ranked second with $61.6 billion, Julia Koch is third with $56.6 billion, and Mackenzie Scott is fourth with $39.9 billion.
With a staggering $32.9 billion, Jacqueline Mars is the fifth-richest woman in the world. Miriam Adelson came in second with $28.0 billion in personal fortune, ahead of Gina Rinehart in sixth place with $28.8 billion. Susanne Klatten, whose net worth is $23.7 billion, is ranked eighth. On the list of the top 10 richest women in the world, Abigail Johnson ($20.3 billion) came in at number nine, followed by Iris Fontbona ($18.1 billion). The top 25 richest women in the world are shown in the following list.
Global Top 10 Richest Women 2022
- Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family: $74.9 billion
- Alice Walton: $61.6 billion
- Julia Koch &Family: $56.6 billion
- Mackenzie Scott: $39.9 billion
- Jacqueline Mars: $32.9 billion
- Gina Rinehart: $28.8 billion
- Miriam Adelson: $28.0 billion
- Susanne Klatten: $23.7 billion
- Abigail Johnson: $20.3 billion
- Iris Fontbona & family: $18.1 billion
- Laurene Powell Jobs & family: $16.4 billion
- Fan Hongwei & family: $16.0 billion
- Renata Kellnerova & family: $15.7 billion
- Charlen de Carvalho-Heineken: $15.7 billion
- Savitri Jindal & family: $15.1 billion
- Kwong siu-hing: $12.7 billion
- Diane Hendricks: $12.6 billion
- Wu Yajun: $11.3 billion
- Yang Huiyan & family: $10.6 billion
- Kirsten Rausing: $9.3 billion
- Wang Laichun: $9.0 billion
- Blair Parry-Okeden: $8.4 billion
- Ann Walton Kroenke: $8.3 billion
- Victoria Mars: $8.2 billion
- Marijke Mars: $8.2 billion
Detailed findings & methodology: CEOWORLD magazine put together a panel of experts to go over data points culled from virtually every reputable wealth tracking media outlet, including Bloomberg, The Richest, Money Inc, Cheat Sheet, GOBankingRates, Celebrity Net Worth, Wealthy Gorilla, Forbes, and more. Based on a consensus from these sources, the final decision for ranking was judged editorially.
All data is for the most recent period available. Some were not included in the official statistics for various reasons, primarily due to the lack of necessary data. Just remember, these values and fluctuations are estimations based on a host of variables and publicly available documents.
The margin of sampling error for the full data sample is plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that, as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse, and measurement error——that could affect the results. All figures are in US dollars.