The richest woman in the world is Christy Ruth Walton, the widow of John Walton. After her husband's death in 2005, Christy inherited $15.7 billion and is now worth over $22 billion. She is the 12th richest person in the world according to Forbes World's Billionaires.
Alice Walton, daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Christy's sister-in-law, is worth roughly $19.5 billion. Alice lives in Texas, where she raises horses.
Liliane Bettencourt (82), the daughter of L'Oreal founder Eugene Schueller, is the next lady on the list, with approximately $15 billion. Liliane is the richest woman in Europe. She lives in France, where she awards a science prize every year.
Nine of the world's fifty richest people are women. The richest self-made woman in the world is Zhang Yin, worth an estimated $3 billion. She founded Nine Dragons Paper Holdings and is the richest individual woman in China.
And what about Oprah Winfrey? According to Forbes, the media mogul is worth around $1.3 billion. Not too shabby, but still a ways behind the Walton women.
Oprah
Yes, Oprah is not richer than Donald. (although Oprah is the richest woman in the world)
Ngozi okonjo Iweala
the richest is Iraq the poorest is united states
I love Oprah Winfrey she is a role model for me and she is the richest woman alive i think. And if she not the richest then who is. I love Oprah and i would love to meet her one day... this is shantae huddleston and this is my opinion.... what yours...
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indra nooyi may be the richest woman in the world.
me lol
No.
Jk Rowling is the richest woman in the world as far as I know!
yes
Oprah Winfrey
According to Forbes, the richest woman in the world as of June 9, 2009 was Christy Walton, the widow of John Walton, worth $20 billion.
No, far from it.
chuck norris He is also the first richest woman in the world Overall...hes better than you and your mother. Sorry ;(
Oprah Winfrey is the richest woman alive in the world today.
I think the richest woman in Dubaai! haha
The richest openly gay woman in the world is Ellen DeGeneres. She is an American comedian, television personality and author whose net worth is estimated to exceed $65,000,000.