Christy Walton – $39 billion Christy Walton is the widow of John T. Walton, one Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Marts sons. After Johns death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of $18.2 billion. She is the richest woman in the world with the bulk of her worth coming from shares in Walmart. Waltons shares in First Solar, a company her husband invested in, have gone up 47% in the past 12 months, helping to elevate her net worth above the rest of the Walton clan. Liliane Bettencourt – $35 billion Liliane Bettencourt is the sole heir to LOreal, the largest cosmetics company in the world, which was started by her father. In 1957, at the age of 35, Liliane inherited the LOreal empire when her father passed away. She held an active seat on the LOreal Board of Directors until 1995. She is also a large shareholder in Nestle. She was the richest woman in the world, but this year she lost her top spot to Christy Walton. However, the worlds second-richest woman became even wealthier this year thanks to the French cosmetics giants stock price, up 9% since 2013. Now 91 years old, Liliane is no longer involved in running the company. Liliane Bettencourt – Richest Person In France Alice Walton – $34.7 billion Alice Walton is one of the richest people in the world. The heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune has a net worth of $34.7 billion. She is the third richest woman in the world, behind her sister-in- law Christy Walton and 91-year- old LOreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. Alice is the youngest child of Sam and Helen Walton. She is the Walton familys biggest philanthropist, giving more than $2 million in 2012 to support charter school initiatives. Rumor also has it that Alice is raising funds for a potential Hillary Clinton Presidential campaign in 2016. Jacqueline Mars – $25.8 billion Jacqueline Mars is the daughter of Forrest Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the worlds largest candy company Mars, Incorporated. Mars is the 15th richest American and fourth richest woman in the world. Jacqueline and her two brothers inherited the candy empire when their father died. More than 400 million M&Ms are made by the Mars company in the United States every day. Susanne Klatten -$18.5 billion Susanne Klatten is the richest woman in Germany. Susanne, her mother Johanna, and brother Stefan own nearly 50% of BMW. But Susanne is not your ordinary heiress. She is an educated economist, who also controls chemical manufacturer Altana and has worked since she got out of college. She worked for the advertising agency Young & Rubicam in Frankfurt for two years in the early 80s. She had a number of hands-on internships in her familys business empire. She gained further business experience in London with Dresdner Bank, the Munich branch of management consultants McKinsey as well as the bank Reuschel & Co. In many cases of her employment, whether in a family owned company or not, she worked under the assumed name Susanne Kant so as not to receive special treatment and be approached and treated on her own terms, not those dictated by her inherited wealth. Elaine Marshall – $17.7 billion Elaine Marshall is the widow of E. Pierce Marshall and the daughter-in-law of the deceased J. Howard Marshall II (Anna Nicole Smiths former husband). Marshalls net worth comes derives from holdings in Koch Industries, the largest private American company with an annual revenue of $115 billion, which was left to her by her late husband. Gina Rinehart – $17.6 billion Gina Rinehart is Australias richest person. The mining heiress makes a billion dollars a year from the iron ore and coal projects she owns through the company she inherited from her father. After the death of her father in March 1992, Rinehart became the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited and the HPPL Group of companies. All of the Hancock companies are privately-owned. In recent years, Rinehart has focused on developing Hancock Prospectings underdeveloped deposits, raising capital through joint venture partnerships and turning leases into profitable revenue producing mines. Besides the near total control Gina has over Hancock Prospecting, she has a 10% stake in Ten Network Holdings, and a 12% stake in Fairfax Media.
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