With a combined wealth of $930 billion, the world’s richest females are making their mark on the global economyand their fortunes are only expected to improve in 2015.
Of the 286 female billionaires identified, only 17% have self-made fortunes.
The U.S. is currently home to the highest number of self-made female billionaires — but future billionaires creating their own fortunes are predicted to come primarily from emerging markets.
These wealthy women have an average age of 61 years and over 65% of them inherited their wealth from multinational corporations, including retail store Walmart and cosmetics giant L’Oreal.
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The self-made billionaire, whose entrepreneurial career started tailoring, now owns Famfa Oil and is worth an estimated $1.2 billion.
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