Who is she, the richest woman in the world

If you are asked the question of the most affluent representatives of the beautiful half of humanity, in particular, about who is the richest woman in the world today, then for sure there will be the image of a Hollywood diva before her eyes , but this is not so! It will also be a mistake to believe that all the owners of huge wealth have fallen from the sky. In fact, many of them lived a normal life and even starved, and the acquired capital is the result of a titanic work. Undoubtedly, the rest of the ladies on the Forbes list have become only happy heirs of fairy-tale fortunes, but not everyone will be able to retain and multiply the easy-to-get money, this requires a special talent. It should be noted that today there is a clear tendency to increase the number of wealthy women, for example, in 2013, the list of the world's richest people was 34 more women than in the past. The first hundred rating, compiled by the American Forbes, has 14 representatives of the beautiful half of humanity. Their average age is 66 years, and the size of states varies from 10 to 30.6 billion dollars.

This list is headed by the richest woman in the world - the ninety-year-old Lilian Bettancourt, it is her fortune is 30 billion dollars. Being the co-owner of the French perfumer giant L'Oreal, founded by her father, she not only preserved, but also increased her capital, making the empire of L'Oreal, one of the most expensive and prosperous to this day cosmetic companies in France. Unfortunately, at present, doctors have confirmed the diagnosis of Lillian, showing signs of dementia. The ninth-largest world condition, suffering from Alzheimer's disease Bettancourt, according to court order, today is transferred to the management of her daughter.

After a plane crash in which John Walton, who created the Wal-Mart trade corporation, which has more than 700 stores scattered around the world, tragically died, his widow, American Christy Walton, inherited a truly colossal fortune. The merit of Christie is that she very skillfully disposes of her inheritance, while maintaining the development of art, museums and education. Her condition is estimated at 28.2 billion dollars and she is the second in the ranking "The richest woman in the world", while remaining the richest woman in the United States of America.

The third place also belongs to the representative of the family Walton, Alice. She is a happy owner of 26.3 billion dollars. Source of its wealth - a network of supermarkets Wal-Mart and horse farm in central Texas.

17.4 billion dollars - the capital of the widow of the billionaire from Chile Andronico Laxica, Iris Fontbona. The fourth place in the rating was provided by revenues from the one of the world's largest copper deposits controlled by her, as well as a share in the company Quinenco and a network of resorts in Croatia.

The world's richest women, such as Jacqueline Mars, the daughter of Mars Incorporated, the owner of the world-famous chocolate empire, and Gina Reinhart, whose source of income is Hancock Prospecting, the world's top mining company, have $ 17 billion.

Suzanne Klatten with a capital of 14.3 billion dollars is on the 7th place. Suzanne inherited 12.6% of the shares of the world famous automobile concern BMW from her late father Herbert Quandt.

In eighth place - the president of Fidelity Financial Services Abigail Johnson, her company is engaged in asset management and provision of pension and brokerage services in the global financial market. Has a fortune of 12.7 billion dollars.

About 10 million euros earned only last year the Italian lady, the granddaughter of the founder of the company Prada, whose products every woman wants to have in the wardrobe, Miuccia Prada. The fact that the company is growing and flourishing is due exclusively to Miucci, and its current capital is estimated at 12.4 billion.

Closes the top ten contenders for the title "The richest woman in the world" Ann Cox Chambers. The 93-year-old resident of the United States has 12 billion dollars. The sources of its wealth are the media holdings of Cox Media Group and Cox Communications, the Manheim car showroom and the AutoTrader.com site. Today, the management of all business took over the nephew of Anne Cox - Jim Kennedy.

Also in the first hundred Forbes 4 more rich women: Brazilian Dirs Navarro de Camargue (11.5 billion dollars), engaged in construction, the Netherlands Charlaine de Carvalho Heineken (11 billion dollars) - the heir to the controlling shareholder of the most famous Dutch brewing company Heineken, widow Steve Jobs - American Lauren Powell Jobs ($ 10.7 billion), receiving income from Apple and Disney, as well as taking the 100th place in the list of the world's richest people Joanna Quandt (10.6 billion dollars) - a resident of Germany, who owns More than 16 % Of the shares of BMW.