Do you know who Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is? As of last month, she’s the 1st woman to be worth more than $100 billion. That’s eleven zeros. She’s also the richest woman in the world and 12th richest person. She got most of her money the old fashioned way. She inherited it from her mom who got it from grandpa.
That’s not to discount the fact that she’s worked to hold onto and grow it. Francoise is the Vice Chairwoman of the Board for director’s at L’Oreal where stocks jumped 35% in 2023.
Elon Musk is still the richest man in the world even though he lost $3 billion since the previous ranking. He’s got $229 billion. Bezos is third with $177 billion. Bill gates has $141 Billion at 4th place. Steve Ballmer has $131 billion at 5th place. He was CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. Zuckerberg is in 6th place with $128 billion. Then Warren Buffet is in the 10th spot with $120 billion.