The American Forbes magazine usually publishes reports on the world's richest people every year, so it issues two lists - the most popular - as the first includes a list of the 100 richest men, while the second includes the 100 richest women in the world.

But in another remarkable report on the 100 richest women in the world, Altrata published a report that includes many statistics on the richest women, stating that they constitute only 10.8% of the world's richest people.

A report indicates that the gender gap is very large at the level of the wealthy, due to the difference in wages between the sexes, unequal career paths, financial education gaps between the sexes, and life events.

The average age of the wealthiest women is 63.6 years, compared to 64.8 years for men in the same category.

According to the report, 25.3% of women inherited their wealth.

This applies to the two richest women in the world: Françoise Bettencourt-Myers and her family, with a net worth of $75.1 billion, and Alice Walton, who had a net worth of $59.8 billion as of December 12, according to Forbes.

29.5% of women achieved their wealth through inheritance and self-made businesses, while 45.2% of women accumulated their wealth on their own.

The wealth of women in the world is concentrated in 3 main markets, China, America and Germany.

Also, 81.7% of women in China achieved their wealth themselves, compared to 51.1% in America, and 16.5% in Germany.

With a net worth of $74.3 billion, the L'Oreal heiress, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, became the richest woman in the world (French)

10 richest women in the world

According to the Forbes report, the ranking of the 10 richest women in the world is as follows:

  • Françoise Bettencourt Myers: $74.3 billion

  • Alice Walton: $57.8 billion

  • Julia Koch: $57.8 billion

  • Mackenzie Scott: $42.7 billion

  • Jacqueline Mars: $33.8 billion

  • Gina Rinehart: $29.1 billion

  • Miriam Adelson: $28.3 billion

  • Susan Klatten: $23.6 billion

  • Abigail Johnson: $21.6 billion

  • Iris Fontebona: $17.9 billion

    • It is noteworthy that within the list of the 5 richest women in the world, 4 of them obtained their wealth through inheritance, while the wealth of the fifth was formed through divorce.

    Françoise Bettencourt Meyers - heiress to "L'Oréal" - comes first with a net worth estimated at $ 74.3 billion, becoming the richest woman in the world, followed by Alice Walton - daughter of the founder of "Walmart" - with a fortune. Estimated at $ 57.8 billion, then Julia Koch, who obtained her fortune of $ 57.8 billion from the legacy of her husband David Koch in 2019, then Mackenzie Scott - the ex-wife of billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon - with a net worth of $ 42.7 billion.