American’s website, Wealth-X has named Nigeria’s oil mogul, Folunsho Alakija has the 9th richest woman in the world.
According to the website the selection was done based on the richest woman in each region of the world. Check out the list below with their estimated net worth; , Christy Walton, who inherited a portion of the Walmart fortune after her husband’s death in 2005, is the richest woman in North America and the world with an estimated net worth of US$37.9 billion, according to a Wealth-X list of the wealthiest women in each region released today.
Taking second place on the Wealth-X list is Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of the French cosmetic giant L’Oreal, whose personal fortune of US$31.3 billion earns her the title of richest woman in Europe.
Collectively, the women on the Wealth-X list control US$114.6 billion of personal wealth.
The oldest female billionaire on the list is Bettencourt at 92 years of age, while the youngest is 33-year-old Yang Huiyan, whose father Yang Guoquiang transferred 70% of his shares in Country Garden Group, a Chinese real estate development firm, to her before the its 2007 IPO.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s three daughters – who, along with their brothers, have been on the receiving end of the asset transfer that Slim reportedly began in 2003 – emerged as the richest women in Latin America. Each of the three sisters is estimated to be worth US$6.3 billion.
Below are the names of the richest women in each region:
| Estimated Net Worth (in US$ billion) | Name | Region* |
| 37.9 | Christy Walton | North America |
| 31.3 | Liliane Bettencourt | Europe |
| 14.8 | Gina Reinhart | Pacific |
| 6.3 each | Vanessa Paola Slim HajjMaria Soumaya Slim de Romero Johanna Monique Slim Ayub | Latin America |
| 6.3 | Yang Huiyan | Asia |
| 4.2 | Shari Arison | Middle East |
| 1.2 | Folorunsho Alakija | Africa |
*Wealth-X uses business address as the primary determinant of an individual’s location.
**Pacific denotes Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
The recently published Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 shows that there are 286 female billionaires, accounting for 12.3% of the total global billionaire population of 2,325. The average age of female billionaires is 61 years old. The female billionaire population controls 12.8% of the world’s total billionaire wealth of US$7.3 trillion.
