Source: Forbes.

America's wealthiest, billionaire women are philanthropic businesswomen and heiresses and, in many cases, related.
Forbes just released its annual Forbes 400 list, which highlights the net worth of America's richest individuals. Altogether, the members of this exclusive club are worth US$2.96 trillion.
The 15 richest women alone are collectively worth $262.4 billion.


10. MARS Sisters (Victoria Mars, Valerie Mars, Pamela Mars and Marijke Mars).

Each sisters inherited %8 of stakes in the company after their father passed away in 2016. Their net worths are $7.4 billion
dollars.

9. Ann Walton
Walton Kroenke is an heir to the Walmart fortune as the daughter of Bud Walton, who co-founded Walmart with his brother,
Sam Walton. After her father's death in 1995, she inherited half of his stake in the company.

Her net Worth is 7.5 billion dollars.

8. Christy Walton
Christy Walton inherited her fortune from John Walton, the second-oldest child of Walmart founder, Sam Walton. Her husband died in a plane crash in 2005, leaving Christy 17% of his wealth which comes from Walmart shares and First Solar, an American photovoltaic manufacturer.

Her net worth is 8.5 billion dollars.

7. Blair Parry-Okeden
Blair Parry-Okeden is heiress to the cox enterprises. She called the
richest person of Australia by Forbes in 2016 because she lives primarily in Australia but she is actually an american citizen. Her grandfather James Cox founded the privately held media company Cox Enterprises. Her brother James Kennedy is the chairman, and her aunt, Anne Cox Chambers, is the largest shareholder and sits on the board. After her mother passed away, she inherited 25% of the COX.

Her net worth is 9.6 billion dollars.

6. Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson's grandfather founded Fidelity Investments more
than 70 years ago. The company currently has $2.7 trillion in
managed assets.

She worked for the firm for over 30 years and Since 2014, she has
been president and chief executive officer of the company and chairman of its international sister, Fidelity International. She has an estimated 24.5% stake of the FIL.

Her net worth is approximately $16 billion dollars, making her the
sixth wealthiest woman in America.

5. Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs and her family inherited the fortune of her husband, Steve Jobs, upon his death in 2011. At one point, she had 5.5 million shares of Apple stock and a 7.3% stake in The Walt Disney Company. She has used those to fund her philanthropic
efforts, specifically the creation of the Emerson Collective, an
organization dedicated to social change through education, immigration reform, media and journalism.

Her net worth is 21.6 billion dollars.

4. Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars is an American heiress and investor who is the
granddaughter of franks Mars, the founder of mars company.
She was active in the company, from 1982, when she joined the company as Food Product Group President, until her retirement in 2001.

Her net worth is 29.7 billion dollars.

3. MacKenzie Bezos
MacKenzie Bezos is an American novelist and philanthropist and ex wife of the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Couple finalized their
divorce in 2019 after 25 years of marriage. The settlement resulted in MacKenzie retaining 25% of the couples' shares, or 4% of the company. The divorce made her Amazon's second-largest individual shareholder.

Her net worth is 36 billion dollars. In April, she signed a pledge to donate half of her fortune to charity.

2. Julia Koch
Julia Koch was married to industrialist and conservative donor
David Koch, who died in August. She and her three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries.

Her net worth is 41 billion dollars.


1. Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
She is not involved with Walmart; she spends her fortune collecting
art and breeding horses. She is the wealthiest woman of USA and
the second wealthiest woman in the world behind L'Oreal heir and
chairwoman Francoise Bettencourt-Myers.

Walton was an equity analyst and money manager for First Commerce Corporation and headed investment activities at Arvest Bank Group. She was also a broker for EF Hutton. In 1988, Walton founded Llama Company, an investment bank, where she was president, chairwoman and CEO.

Walton was also the first person to chair the Northwest Arkansas
Council and played a major role in the development of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, which opened in 1998.

Her net worth is 51.4 billion dollars.

Richest Self-Made woman is Diane Hendricks.

Net worth: $7 billion

Source of wealth: ABC Supply

Age: 72

Diane Hendricks, the richest self-made woman in America, made her fortune by founding wholesale roofing distributor ABC Supply in 1982 with her husband. She has been at the helm of the company since his death in 2007 and used her wealth to revitalise Beloit, Wisconsin, where the company is based.

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