World's Richest Women In 2013
More women have
joined the ranks of the world's wealthiest, but as a group females still
hold a small sliver of total 10-figure fortunes. Of the 1,426 people on
the new 2013 Forbes list of the World's Billionaires, just 138 are
women. That's up from 104 women last year.
Liliane Bettencourt
Net worth: $30 billion
Country: France
Source of wealth: L'Oreal
At age 90, Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman, and enters
the top ten list of the world's wealthiest people for the first time
since 1999. She and her family own over 30% of L'Oreal, which her father
founded.
