Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March or April. There were 481 women listed on the world's billionaires , up from 406 in 2025. From 2025 to 2026 Alice Walton remained listed as the world's wealthiest woman.
According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are self-made and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and self-made wealth as of 2017.
2026 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Alice Walton 134Walmart 2Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 100L'Oréal 3Julia Koch 81 Koch, Inc. 4Iris Fontbona 52.6 Antofagasta 5Jacqueline Mars 49.1 Mars, Inc. 6Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 44.5 / Mediterranean Shipping Company 7Savitri Jindal 39.1 Jindal Group 8Miriam Adelson 37.5 / Las Vegas Sands 9Abigail Johnson 33.2Fidelity Investments 10Zheng Shuliang 33.2Shandong Hongqiao
2025 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Alice Walton 101Walmart 15 2Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 81.6L'Oréal 20 3Julia Koch 74.2 Koch, Inc. 21 4Jacqueline Mars 42.6 Mars, Inc. 33 5Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 37.7 / Mediterranean Shipping Company 44 6Savitri Jindal 35.5 Jindal Group 48 7Abigail Johnson 32.7Fidelity Investments 55 8Miriam Adelson 32.1 / Las Vegas Sands 56 9Marilyn Simons 31 Renaissance Technologies 57 10Melinda French Gates 30.4Microsoft 58
2024 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 99.5L'Oréal 15 2Alice Walton 72.3Walmart 21 3Julia Koch 64.3 Koch industries 23 4Jacqueline Mars 38.5 Mars, Inc. 35 5MacKenzie Scott 35.6 Amazon.com 43 6Savitri Jindal 33.5 Jindal Group 46 7Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 33.1 / Mediterranean Shipping Company 48 8Miriam Adelson 32 / Las Vegas Sands 53 9Gina Rinehart 30.8 Hancock Prospecting 56 10Abigail Johnson 29Fidelity Investments 58
2023 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 74.8L'Oréal 11 2Julia Koch 59 Koch industries 17 3Alice Walton 56.7Walmart 21 4Jacqueline Mars 38.3 Mars, Inc. 31 5Miriam Adelson 35 / Las Vegas Sands 35 6Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 31.2Mediterranean Shipping Company 43 7Susanne Klatten 27.4 Altana, BMW 51 8Gina Rinehart 27 Hancock Prospecting 52 9MacKenzie Scott 24.4 Amazon.com 60 10Iris Fontbona 23.1Antofagasta plc 65
2022 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 74.8L'Oréal 14 2Alice Walton 65.3Walmart 18 3Julia Koch 60 Koch industries 21 4MacKenzie Scott 43.6 Amazon.com 30 5Jacqueline Mars 31.7 Mars, Inc. 41 6Gina Rinehart 30.2 Hancock Prospecting 46 7Miriam Adelson 27.5 / Las Vegas Sands 50 8Susanne Klatten 24.3 Altana, BMW 56 9Iris Fontbona 22.8Antofagasta plc 67 10Abigail Johnson 21.2Fidelity Investments 75
2021 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 73.6L'Oréal 12 2Alice Walton 61.8Walmart 17 3MacKenzie Scott 53 Amazon.com 22 4Julia Koch 46.4 Koch industries 27 5Miriam Adelson 38.2 / Las Vegas Sands 36 6Jacqueline Mars 31.3 Mars, Inc. 48 7Yang Huiyan 29.6Country Garden Holdings 50 8Susanne Klatten 27.7 Altana, BMW 53 9Gina Rinehart 23.6 Hancock Prospecting 70 10Iris Fontbona 23.5Antofagasta plc 74
2020 The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are: No.NameImageBirth dateNet worth (billions)CitizenshipSourceWorldrank 1Alice Walton 65.9 Walmart 12 2Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 65.4L'Oréal 13 3MacKenzie Scott 62.3 Amazon 17 4Julia Koch 44.9 Koch industries 24 5Jacqueline Mars 28.9 Mars, Inc. 38 6Yang Huiyan 27.3Country Garden Holdings 43 7Susanne Klatten 23.9 Altana, BMW 54 8Laurene Powell Jobs 19.9Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company 67 9Zhong Huijuan 18.8Hansoh Pharmaceutical 70 10Gina Rinehart 16.1 Hancock Prospecting 103
See also Forbes list of billionaires Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women The Giving Pledge
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