Francoise Bettencourt Meyers

• Net Worth: $82.5 Billion
• Profession: Owner of the company L’Oreal

Francoise was born on 10th July 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Although she has been raised as a strict Catholic, she has written various works on Jewish-Christian relations and Bible Commentaries. Her grandfather was Eugene Schueller, who was the founder of L’Oreal.

Moreover, she was wrapped around a prolonged controversy when in 2008, she sued Francois-Marie Banier, claiming that he took money from her mother. However, later in 2010, she announced that they have settled out of court. Sadly, her mother died in September 2017 when her Net Worth was around $39.5 Billion, because of which Francoise was listed among the top 20 richest women in the world in 2017. As of now, she is the richest woman in the world.