Who is the richest woman in the world? Here, we present the list of top 10 richest women in the world for the year 2013. This list of rich women contains details of net worth, source of wealth and a brief biography. Also, world’s richest women are from different countries and basis of the list is data by Forbes magazine. Some of them have their wealth inherited while some of them have made their wealth themselves. Let us see the top ten wealthiest lady on planet Earth according to their ranking by Forbes magazine as in March 2013.
#1) Liliane Bettencourt – $30 Billion- Richest Woman in the World for 2013
Being the richest woman in the world, Liliane Bettencourt is also the wealthiest female in all European countries and also in France. She is also the richest person in France after overtaking billionaire Bernanrd Arnault in the month of March 2013. She is the principal shareholder in the largest cosmetics company L’Oreal. L’oreal was founded by her father and she is the only daughter. She inherited stocks after her father’s death. Some months ago, Liliane Bettencourt was in news for having sold her island Paradise in Seychelles for around $60 million. This gave her profits of $42 million.
#2) Christy Walton – $28.2 B – Richest Woman in America
Being the second richest woman in the world, Christy Walton ranks #11 in the list of rich people in the world. She is widow of John Walton. Her father-in-law was Sam Walton who is the founder of largest retailing chain Wal-Mart. Currently, she resides in United States which is also her birthplace. Her major chunk of net worth is because of stocks in Wal-mart and in First Solar Company. Her wealth is inherited and not self-made. She is the richest woman billionaire in United States of America. Her net worth stands at $28.2 Billions and she resides in Jackson, Wyoming in USA!
#3) Alice Walton – $26.3 B – From United States
Sister-in-law of Christy Walton and the only daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, Alice is the third richest woman in the world. Her net worth stands at Twenty Three Billion US Dollars. She was born in Arkansas and is a citizen of United States. She resides in Fort Worth, Texas in USA. She ranks #10 in the list of richest people in United States and ranks #16 in the list of richest people in the world. Her major source of income is through Wal-Mart. She was also recognized by Times Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world.
