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November 27, 2014

The Richest Women in the World

Holly Branston

Holly Branston
Holly Branston
She is the daughter of famous Sir Richard Branson. Holly has a medical degree which she received in 2007; she worked for a year in the neurology department of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Today her medical career is a thing of the past. She is involved in many of her father’s business activities around the world such as listening to South African kids pitch their startup ideas at the Branson Center of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 

 

Lydia Hearst

Lydia Hearst
  The hot Lydia Hearst is an American performer, fashion model, blogger and heiress to a publication established by her great-grandfather, William Randolph Hearst, and daughter of Patricia Campbell Hearst. Although her birth name is Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw, she is known widely as Lydia Hearst.

 Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump was born in the city of New York, you might recognize her dad, American business magnate Donald Trump. She attended Georgetown University for two years, and then transferred to Wharton Business at the University of Pennsylvania, she has a bachelor’s degree in Economics. Before joining the Trump family business, Ivana worked for Forest City Enterprises and cooperated with Dynamic Diamond Corp.  Recently she has also released her own line of fashionable handbags and footwear. Ivanka Trump published a book named The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life, which came out to the shelf’s October 2009. On that same month, Trump married businessman Jared Kushner, the couple has currently two kids. 

Jocelyn Wildenstein

Jocelyn Wildenstein
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Who cares if you look like a cat, when you have $500 million in the bank? Jocelyn Wildenstein was nicknamed Catwoman after one too many surgeries caused disfiguration, making her look like a cat. She has since said that she deliberately wanted to look like a feline, after her now ex husband told her he loved big cats. They had a pretty nasty divorce, after she walked in on him and a 19 year old model before he threatened her with a gun… Lovely! However, this hasn’t stopped the New York socialite from having the time of her life.

Donatella Versace

Donatella Versace
You may recognize this name, as being one of the biggest fashion designers in the world. It was actually Donatella’s older brother, Gianni, who set up the first Versace fashion business in the family, before she was given her own label to work with. Unfortunately, Gianni passed away in 1997 and Donatella was made Vice-President and chief designer of the Versace group. Her incredible business mind and eye for fashion has ensured she has a rather tasty net work of $200 million. She could have had more, however she gave her daughter 50% whilst her other brother owns 20%. Other business ventures for Donatella include a luxury five star hotel chain and a jewelery collection, she also once dabbled in designing cars for MINI Cooper.  

Elizabeth Holmes


In the year 2002, Elizabeth Holmes started studying at Stanford University the art of chemistry. She later used the money that her parents had saved for her education, to establish a company named Real-Time Cures in the city of Palo Alto. Later, she changed the company’s name to Theranos. At first, she worked out of a basement of a house. One semester later, she dropped out of school to pursue her business career full-time; she wrote a patent on a wearable patch for conducting tests. Her Professor served as a Director of the company.
Over the next decade, the company grew and grew, raising a whopping amount of $400 million. During its first years, Theranos operated under the radar, remaining highly secretive to avoid waking up potential competitors.
By 2014, her offered 200 tests and had 500 employees. The company is valued at more than $8 billion. Holmes currently has 18 US patents and 66 non-US patents under her name. Holmes is the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world, where she her personal net worth is an estimated $4.5 billion. 

 

Marta Ortega-Perez

Marta Ortega-Perez
Marta Ortega-Perez
Some people have rich parents, but none quite so much as Marta Ortega-Perez; her father is the third richest person on the planet, according to Forbes and the Hurun Report . This beautiful Spanish woman is the daughter of Amancio Ortega, who is the founder and owner of Inditex. This fashion company owns big named brands such as Zara and Massimo Dutti, which may explain why Amancio is worth a staggering $62 billion! Marta hasn’t been handed everything on a plate, however, as she was first made to work at the bottom of the career ladder. She has worked in several of her father’s stores as a basic sales assistant, which meant stacking shelves and dealing with customers. Sources close to the family say that Marta is being prepared by her father, so that she can take over Inditex when the time comes.

Liliane Bettencourt
Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt (France)

Liliane is not only the richest female in the world but has also overtaken Bernard Arnault as the wealthiest person in France. She inherited L’Oreal, the largest cosmetic company in the world from her father as the sole heir. The sale of her island paradise also helped her rake in profits of $42 million. Her net worth stands at $ 30 billion.

Christy Walton (USA)

Christy Walton is the second richest woman on the planet. She is also ranked as the 11th wealthiest person in the world. She is the widow of John Walton, and Sam Walton, the founder of the prestigious retail chain Wal-Mart, is her father in law. Her net worth of $ 28.2 billion is constituted by significant holdings in Wal-Mart and the First Solar Company. 

Alice Walton (USA)

Alice is the only daughter of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart retail chain. Wal-Mart is the only company that has landed two women in the top 10 list of rich women. She is ranked third with a net worth of $ 23.3 billion. Times Magazine also recognized her as one of the most influential people in the world. She is 10th richest in USA and 16th richest in the world.

Iris Fontbona (Chile)

Iris is among the rich women in the top ten, coming at position 4. Her net worth which stands at $ 17.4 billion was largely inherited from her late husband. She is the wealthiest person in Chile and ranks 35 in the Forbes list of Billionaires. Iris has controlling interests in Antofagasta; one of the largest copper mines in the world, Banco de Chile; Chiles second largest bank, CSAV; Latin America’s biggest Shipping Company, and CCU; the world’s largest brewer.

Gina Rinehart (Australia)

Gina beats other rich women to secure position 5 in the Forbes world’s richest women list. She is also the wealthiest person in Australia. Her late father Lang Hancock was a mining tycoon. She inherited his business and had pushed it to a new height. She is ranked 35 in the list of most powerful women on Earth. Her net worth currently stands at $17 billion.

Jaqueline Mars (USA)

Jaqueline is the daughter of Edward Mars Sr. She was born in one of the richest family in the world, almost in the same class with the Walton and Koch families. Her company is the largest candy manufacture in the planet. She lies 5th on the log in the league of rich women, tying with the Australian, Gina Rinehart.

Susanne Klatten

Susanne is the 7th richest woman in the world and is the richest woman in Germany. She has also beaten many rich women and men to claim the 4th position in Forbes German millionaires. She inherited most of her wealth from his father Herbert Quandt and brother Stefan. She owns significant shares in Altana Pharmaceuticals and the highly acclaimed manufacturer BMW.

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