Christy Walton, who inherited a portion of the Walmart fortune after her husband’s death in 2005, is the richest woman in North America and the world with an estimated net worth of US$37.9 billion, according to a Wealth-X list of the wealthiest women in each region released today.
Taking second place on the Wealth-X list is Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of the French cosmetic giant L’Oreal, whose personal fortune of US$31.3 billion earns her the title of richest woman in Europe.
Collectively, the women on the Wealth-X list control US$114.6 billion of personal wealth.
The oldest female billionaire on the list is Bettencourt at 92 years of age, while the youngest is 33-year-old Yang Huiyan, whose father Yang Guoquiang transferred 70% of his shares in Country Garden Group, a Chinese real estate development firm, to her before the its 2007 IPO.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s three daughters – who, along with their brothers, have been on the receiving end of the asset transfer that Slim reportedly began in 2003 – emerged as the richest women in Latin America. Each of the three sisters is estimated to be worth US$6.3 billion.
Below are the names of the richest women in each region:
Estimated Net Worth
(in US$ billion)
|
Name
|
Region*
|
37.9
| Christy Walton |
North America
|
31.3
| Liliane Bettencourt |
Europe
|
14.8
| Gina Reinhart |
Pacific
|
6.3 each
| Vanessa Paola Slim HajjMaria Soumaya Slim de Romero
Johanna Monique Slim Ayub
|
Latin America
|
6.3
| Yang Huiyan |
Asia
|
4.2
| Shari Arison |
Middle East
|
1.2
| Folorunsho Alakija |
Africa
|
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