The richest woman in the world is L’Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers. With an estimated fortune of US$ 90.1 billion, sheoccupies the 9th position of the ranking of billionaires by Forbes. At 69 years old, the Frenchwoman is the current vice-president of the board of L’Oréal, which is the largest cosmetics and beauty company in the world.
She is the only child and heiress of Liliane Bettencourt and granddaughter of the company’s founder, Eugène Paul Louis Schueller. In 2017, her mother died at the age of 94 and it was then that Françoise became the direct heiress of L’Oréal, owning 33% of the company’s shares.
Soon after, in 2018, the billionaire appeared for the first time on the list of the richest women in the world. Already in 2021, Françoise won the post of richest woman in the world, according to Forbes.
In 2022, the cosmetics executive ended the year in 14th place among the biggest billionaires. She is also the second Frenchwoman on the richest list.