<P> Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires . This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March . There were a record of 256 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 6 March 2018 . In March 2017, there were 227 female women billionaires, up from 187 in June 2015 . Since Liliane Bettencourt died in 2017, her only child and heiress, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has become listed by some sources as the world's wealthiest female . </P> <P> The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 7 March 2018 are: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Birth date </Th> <Th> Net worth US $(billions) </Th> <Th> Citizenship </Th> <Th> Source </Th> <Th> World Rank </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alice Walton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1949 - 10 - 07) 7 October 1949 (age 68) </Td> <Td> 46.0 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Wal - Mart </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Françoise Bettencourt Meyers </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1953 - 07 - 10) 10 July 1953 (age 64) </Td> <Td> 42.2 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> L'Oréal </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Susanne Klatten </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1962 - 04 - 28) 28 April 1962 (age 55) </Td> <Td> 25.0 </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> Altana, BMW </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jacqueline Mars </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1939 - 10 - 10) 10 October 1939 (age 78) </Td> <Td> 23.6 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Mars, Inc . </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yang Huiyan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1981 (age 35 - 36) </Td> <Td> 21.9 </Td> <Td> China, People's Republic of </Td> <Td> Country Garden Holdings </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Laurene Powell Jobs </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1963 - 11 - 06) 6 November 1963 (age 54) </Td> <Td> 18.8 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Apple Inc., The Walt Disney Company </Td> <Td> 58 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Gina Rinehart </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1954 - 02 - 09) 9 February 1954 (age 64) </Td> <Td> 17.4 </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Hancock Prospecting </Td> <Td> 80 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Iris Fontbona </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1942 / 1943 (age 75--76) </Td> <Td> 16.3 </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> Antofagasta PLC </Td> <Td> 80 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Abigail Johnson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1961 - 12 - 19) 19 December 1961 (age 56) </Td> <Td> 15.9 </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Fidelity Investments </Td> <Td> 83 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Charlene de Carvalho - Heineken </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (1954 - 06 - 30) 30 June 1954 (age 63) </Td> <Td> 15.8 </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Heineken International </Td> <Td> 86 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Birth date </Th> <Th> Net worth US $(billions) </Th> <Th> Citizenship </Th> <Th> Source </Th> <Th> World Rank </Th> </Tr>

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