The Hustler's Digest StaffAmerica’s wealthiest ladies are generous finance managers and beneficiaries and, by and large, identified with each other. On April 7, Forbes delivered its World’s Billionaires List, which features the total assets of the globe’s most extravagant people. Inside and out, the individuals from this select club are worth $8 trillion.
The 15 most extravagant ladies alone are on the whole worth $243.7 billion. Different individuals from the Mars family and the Walton family are included on the rundown, showing exactly how dynastic riches are in the US. Then, women like MacKenzie Bezos and Julia Koch are showing up at the head of the rankings. So, who is the richest woman in America?
Continue reading for a glance at the total assets of the 15 of the richest ladies in the US. They are positioned in an increasing order of their riches. All total assets are assessed as of March 18, 2020.
Who Is The Richest Woman In America?
The following list mentions the richest women in the United States. Read on to find out who is the richest woman in America.
Victoria Mars
Victoria Mars is the great-granddaughter of Frank Mars, who established the eponymous chocolate company in 1911. At a certain point, she was even the chair of the directorate. At the point when her dad died in 2016, she acquired a 8% stake in the organization, as did her three sisters, who are additionally remembered for this rundown.
Age: 63
Net worth: $6.2 billion
Source of riches: Mars Inc.
Valerie Mars
One of the four Mars sisters, Valerie began working at Mars Incorporated in 1992 and is the VP of corporate turn of events. She is likewise on the governing body of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Age: 61
Net worth: $6.2 billion
Source of riches: Mars Inc.
Pamela Mars
One of the four Mars sisters, Pamela Mars first joined the Mars daily business as the director of operations. From 2004 to 2008, she filled in as chairman of the board.
Age: 59
Net worth: $6.2 billion
Source of riches: Mars Inc.
Marijke Mars
Marijke, another Mars sister, likewise serves on the organization’s governing body. The family has truly been known for being amazingly private, however as of late, they have begun speaking up and appearing on the media.
Age: 55
Net worth: $6.2 billion
Source of riches: Mars Inc.
Diane Hendricks
The wealthiest self made woman in America, Diane Hendricks, made her fortune by establishing wholesale roofing distributor ABC Supply in 1982 with her spouse. She has been in charge of the organization since his demise in 2007 and utilized her riches to renew Beloit, Wisconsin where the organization is based.
Age: 73
Net worth: $6.9 billion
Source of riches: ABC Supply
Nancy Walton Laurie
Nancy Walton Laurie is the daughter of Bud Walton, who together with his brother Sam Walton, helped to establish Walmart. After her dad’s passing in 1995, she acquired a portion of his stake in the organization. The other half went to her sister, who is likewise on this rundown.
Age: 68
Net worth: $7.1 billion
Source of riches: Walmart
Blair Parry-Okeden
Despite the fact that she is an American citizen, Blair Parry-Okeden principally lives in Australia. Forbes named her the wealthiest person in Australia in 2016. She acquired a 25% stake in Cox Enterprises when her mom, Barbara Cox Anthony, passed on in 2007. Cox, the car and media organization, is situated in Atlanta, Georgia. Parry-Okeden is known to be private, to the point of being antisocial in nature.
Age: 69
Net worth: $7.6 billion
Source of riches: Cox Enterprises
Ann Walton Kroenke
Ann Walton Kroenke is also the daughter of Bud Walton, who was the co-founder of Walmart along with his brother, Sam Walton. After her dad’s passing in 1995, she acquired a portion of his stake in the organization. The other half went to her sister, who is also on this rundown (Nancy Walton Laurie).
Age: 71
Net worth: $7.9 billion
Source of riches: Walmart
Christy Walton
Christy Walton was the wife of John Walton, who was the second child of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. John passed away in a plane accident in 2005, leaving Christy 17% of his riches. She currently utilizes that fortune as a philanthropist supporting the preservation of land and sea.
Age: 71
Net worth: $8.9 billion
Source of riches: Walmart
Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson’s grandfather established Fidelity Investments over 70 years back. The organization presently has $2.7 trillion in managed resources. Following 26 years of working at the firm, Johnson was promoted to the position of the CEO in 2014 and the executive of the board in 2016. She has an expected 24.5% stake in the organization.
Age: 58
Net worth: $10.8 billion
Source of riches: Fidelity Investments
Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs and her family acquired the fortune of her husband Steve Jobs, upon his passing in 2011. At a certain point, she had 5.5 million dollar worth of shares in the Apple stock and a 7.3% stake in The Walt Disney Company. She has utilized those to support her philanthropic endeavors, explicitly the formation of the Emerson Collective, an association committed to social change through education, reforms in immigration, media, and news-casting.
Age: 56
Net worth: $16.4 billion
Source of riches: Apple and Disney
Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars is the granddaughter of the founder of Mars Inc. She is said to possess 33% of the Snickers and M&M’s candy empire. Another third is owned by her brother John, and the remainder of the offers are divided between her four nieces, who are likewise highlighted on the World’s Billionaires List. She donates to instructive, ecological, social, and health related causes.
Age: 80
Net worth: $24.7 billion
Source of riches: Mars Inc.
MacKenzie Bezos
MacKenzie Bezos and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos settled their separation in 2019 following 25 years of marriage. As a consequence of the divorce settlement MacKenzie held 25% of the couples’ shares, or 4% of the corporations. The separation made her Amazon’s second biggest individual investor. Last April, she signed a pledge to give half of her fortune to a noble cause.
Age: 50
Net worth: $36 billion
Source of riches: Amazon
Julia Koch
Julia Koch was married to industrialist and traditionalist benefactor David Koch, who passed away in August 2019. She and her three kids acquired a 42% stake in Koch Industries.
Age: 57
Net worth: $38.2 billion
Source of riches: Koch Industries
Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the only daughter of Sam Walton who was the founder of Walmart, and is the richest woman in America. She is not associated with Walmart; but rather spends her fortune as an art collector and breeding horses. Her cousins are also on this rundown. Along with being the richest woman on the planet, she is the ninth most wealthiest person in the world as well. The Waltons are the wealthiest family administration in the United States, with the Koch family and the Mars family coming next.
Age: 70
Net worth: $54.4 billion
Source of riches: Walmart
Who Is The Richest Woman In The World 2020?
As of October 2020, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, granddaughter of L’Oreal’s founder Eugène Schueller, holds the title of the world’s wealthiest woman, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bettencourt Meyers inherited the throne of the L’Oreal empire in 2017 following the passing of her mother, Liliane Bettencourt, then the globe’s richest woman at 94.
However, the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on fortunes worldwide. In 2020, Bettencourt Meyers witnessed a $400 million decline in her wealth as L’Oreal shares plummeted by 12% within the first two weeks of March. Consequently, Alice Walton reclaimed the top position, which she had lost to Bettencourt Meyers in 2019.
Amid the pandemic’s turmoil, L’Oreal pivoted its operations, announcing in March the commencement of hand sanitizer production to support French and European health authorities. This strategic move proved pivotal as, by October 2020, Bettencourt Meyers surged back to the number one spot, boasting a net worth of $65.8 billion.
How Many Female Billionaires Are There In The US?
The list we have compiled entions only 15 of the richest women in the United States, with all of them being billionaires. However, Stacker, put together a list of the richest people in the world. The list included individuals from all across the glove and from the 50 states as well. That list was dominated by men which somehow, was not surprising at all. In 2020, women earned $0.81 for every $1 that a man made, while in 2015, they earned $0.74 for every $1 made by men.
There are more than 200 female billionaires in the world and almost 80% of them are from the United States. Some women on this list are heiresses and have inherited their wealth, such as the Waltons, others are self made, such as Oprah Winfrey and Meg Whitman, still others have acquired wealth through businesses built with their husbands, like MacKenzie Bezos. On Forbes’ list of the 100 richest people in the world, only 12 of them are women and they too have amassed their wealth through inheritance and divorce instead of self-made ventures.
Richest Self-Made Woman In The World
Diane Hendricks, co-founder and chairwoman of ABC Supply, and having a net worth of almost $8 billion is the richest self-made woman in the world. Her company is one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors of roofing, siding, and windows. Hendricks, who is 73 years old, was born in Wisconsin and had been running the corporation with Ken Hendricks since 1982. She completely took over the organization in 2007 after his death. The company, one of the biggest wholesale providers for roofing and windows, has more than 780 locations and over $11 billion in sales. Before starting this company with her husband, who was a roofing contractor, she sold custom made homes.
Who Is The Richest Man In America?
Jeff Bezos, with a total net worth of 179 billion dollars, is the richest man in America and in the world as well. He is the founder of e-commerce colossus Amazon, which he started in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. Bezos is the CEO of Amazon and owns an 11.1% stake in the company. During the Covid-19 pandemic, between March and April 2020, Amazon apparently hired 175,000 more workers. In April 2020, Bezos claimed that he would give $100 million to Feed America, which is a nonprofit organization that manages food banks and food pantries throughout the country.
However, Amazon has also faced serious criticism from the United States senators as well as the common man because of the way the company treated its warehouse workers during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, after a 25 year long marriage, he divorced his wife MacKenzie who received a quarter of his Amazon stake as the divorce settlement. In 2019, Amazon scored $280.5 billion in revenues and a record of $11.5 billion in net profit. Jeff Bezos also owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, which is an aerospace company, developing rockets for commercial use.
Conclusion
Alice Walton holds the title of the richest woman in America, while Dianne Hendricks stands as the wealthiest self-made woman. Despite their remarkable success, both women continue to face the harsh reality of the gender pay gap, which sees them earning significantly less than their male counterparts.
As of 2020, women are earning just $0.81 for every dollar earned by men, showing a slight improvement from the $0.74 they received in 2015. However, this disparity remains a glaring issue, highlighting the ongoing challenges women encounter in achieving equal pay for equal work.
In a society striving for gender equality, it’s essential to address and rectify these discrepancies to ensure fair compensation and recognition for the contributions of women in the workforce. Alice Walton and Dianne Hendricks exemplify excellence and achievement, yet their success is overshadowed by the persistent gap in pay between men and women.
By acknowledging and actively working to close this gap, we can create a more equitable and inclusive society where individuals are valued and rewarded based on their merits, regardless of gender. The journey toward equal pay is ongoing, but with concerted effort and awareness, we can move closer to a future where every individual has the opportunity to thrive and succeed on equal footing.
