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Revealed: the richest woman in 23 countries around the world

Revealed: the wealthiest woman in 23 nations
UAE – Huda Kattan: $560 million (£430m)
New Zealand – Rosemari Delegat and family: $598 million (£460m)
Barbados – Rihanna: $1.4 billion (£1.1bn)
Poland – Dominika Kulczyk: $2 billion (£1.5bn)
Singapore – Shu Ping: $2.1 billion (£1.6bn)
Japan – Yoshiko Mori: $2.4 billion (£1.9bn)
Vietnam – Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen: $2.9 billion (£2.2bn)
South Korea – Hong Ra-hee: $3.5 billion (£2.7bn)
Russia – Tatyana Bakalchuk: $4.1 billion (£3.2bn)
Italy – Miuccia Prada: $5.8 billion (£4.5bn)
 – María Asunción Aramburuzabala and family: $6.3 billion (£4.9bn)
Denmark – Agnete Kirk Thinggaard and Sofie Kirk Kristiansen: $6.4 billion (£4.9bn) each
Sweden – Antonia Ax:son Johnson and family: $9.3 billion (£7.2bn)
UK – Denise Coates: $9.7 billion (£7.5bn)
Spain – Sandra Ortega Mera: $11.5 billion (£8.9bn)
Netherlands – Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and family: $13.2 billion (£10.2bn)
Ireland – Alannah Weston and family: $18.5 billion (£14.5bn)
Canada – Sherry Brydson: $19.9 billion (£15.3bn)
Germany – Susanne Klatten: $22.1 billion (£19bn)
Australia – Gina Rinehart: $30.8 billion (£23.7bn)
Switzerland – Rafaela Aponte-Diamant: $34.8 billion (£26.8bn)
France – Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and family: $80.4 billion (£61.9bn)
USA – Alice Walton: $93 billion (£71.6bn)
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Revealed: the wealthiest woman in 23 nations

Women control one-third of the world's private wealth but accounted for just 12.5% of the planet's 3,194 billionaires in 2022, according to the most recent data from Statista. Clearly, there's more work to do when it comes to tackling income equality at all levels of society.

Of those with a net worth of 10 figures or more, many are heiresses who have received their fortunes via parents or late partners, while others are entirely self-made, building fortunes via their businesses and brands. 

Read on to meet the richest women in 25 countries around the world ranked them from least to most wealthy, based on real-time estimates from Forbes and other reputable sources.

All dollar amounts in US dollars.

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Daniel Coughlin

29 October 2024

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