According to a recent survey done by Wealth-X, about 12 percent of global billionaires are women. Even though this percentage is not that high, these women still have exorbitant amounts of wealth in their bank accounts.

Unfortunately, the history of women’s rights is very tumultuous. We all know that they didn’t have rights a few decades ago, and the truth is that even nowadays we still find some stereotypes and discrimination against women especially in the workplace and in various companies where equality of opportunity doesn’t exist.

Finally, these acts of discrimination against women are very subtle, but we have to admit that they persist in any type of society.

Most of the time, when a woman is successful, it is speculated that the success is due to the woman’s luck, flair and charm, without emphasizing all the hardships and hard work they have gone through over time to build their businesses.

However, in this article, we will show you that women can be good leaders too. Here are some of the richest women in the world. Read on to find out more info!

Alice Walton

• Net worth: $67.6 billion
• Country: the United States
• Source of wealth: Walmart

Alice Louise Walton is an American heiress to the fortune of Walmart. As of January 2021, Walton has a net worth of $67.6 billion, ranking her the 15th richest person in the world.

Walton was born in Newport, Arkansas and was raised along with her 3 brothers. She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a B.A. in economics. She’s 71 years old now.

She started her career as an equity analyst and money manager for First Commerce Corporation. She was also a broker for EF Hutton. In 1988, she founded Llama Company, an investment bank where she was president, chairwoman and CEO. She was the first person to chair the Northwest Arkansas Council.

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & family

• Net worth: $ 8 billion
• Country: France
• Source of wealth: L’Oreal

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is a French billionaire heiress. She is the only daughter and heiress of Liliane Bettencourt, and her family owns the company L’Oréal. When a fire severely damaged Notre Dame de Paris, she and L’Oreal donated about $220 million to rebuild the cathedral. She’s 67 years old now and has written several Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian relations. Bettencourt Meyers is one of the richest women in the world, with an estimated fortune of 74.8 billion.

Julia Koch & family

• Net worth: $38.2 billion
• Country: the United States
• Source of wealth: Koch Industries

Julia Koch is one of the richest women in the world after she and her three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries from her husband, David Koch, who died in August 2019 at the age of 79. She moved to New York City in 1980. Julia worked as an assistant to fashion designer Adolfo. According to the press, Julia met David on a blind date in 1911 and married him in 1996. According to Forbes, Julia and her husband involved even in charitable causes and donated $10 million to Mount Sinai Medical Center and $10 million to Stanford’s Children Hospital.

Mackenzie Bezos

• Net worth: $59.8 billion
• Country: the United States
• Source of wealth: Amazon.com

Mackenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) is an American novelist and philanthropist. As of 30 December 2020, Mackenzie has a net worth of $59.8 billion, making her one of the richest women in the world. She became one of the wealthiest women in the world after finalizing her divorce with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019. So, she received a quarter of Jeff’s shares.

The novelist claimed that she started to write at the age of 6. In 1992, she earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Princeton University – where she studied under the Nobel Laureate in Literature Toni Morrison who said that she was “one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative writing classes.”

However, according to the mass media, Mackenzie was one of Amazon’s first employees, being very involved in promoting the company. She also negotiated Amazon’s first freight contract.

Jacqueline Mars

• Net worth: $ 28.9 billion
• Country: the United States
• Source of wealth: Candy, pet food

Jacqueline Mars is an American heiress and investor. She owns about one-third of Mars – the world’s largest candy company, founded by her grandfather, Frank C. Mars.

Jacqueline is 81 years old and is also one of the richest women in the world. According to the press, she worked hard for the company for about 20 years.

Jacqueline graduated from the Bryn Mawr College in 1961 with a degree in anthropology. She married David Badger in 1961 and they had three kids. However, they divorced in 1984. After this episode, she married Harold ‘Hank’ Vogel in 1986, but they also divorced in 1994.

Susanne Klatten

• Net worth: $26.4 billion
• Country: Germany
• Source of wealth: BMW, pharmaceuticals

Susanne Hanna Ursula Klatten is a German billionaire heiress. As of December 2020, her net worth was estimated at $26.4 billion, making her the richest woman in Germany and one of the wealthiest women in the world. When her father died, she inherited his 50.1% stake in pharmaceuticals in Atlanta.

Her father also left her a 12.50% stake in BMW, but when her mother died in 2015, her stake in BMW became 19.2%.

She married Jan Klatten in 1990, whom she met while doing an internship with BMW where he worked as an engineer. They have three children but they separated in 2018.

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Laurene Powell Jobs & family

• Net worth: $19 billion
• Country: the United States
• Source of wealth: Apple, Disney

Laurene Powell Jobs is an American billionaire heiress, businesswoman, executive and the founder of Emerson Collective. She’s also the co-founder and president of the board of College Track.

She has three children with Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc.

She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, a B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, and an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991.