Who made the Forbes richest female billionaire list?
The wealthiest women on the planet are worth from US$15 billion to US$49 billion
It’s one thing to inherit a fortune, another to squander it. But to grow a fortune is truly impressive. For International Women’s Day today, let’s celebrate the matriarchs who were each born with a silver spoon in their mouth — but wanted more than a piece of cake.
These are the top 10 female members of the Three-Comma Club (who are all worth at least US$1,000,000,000) — billionaires, self-made heiresses and global power players.
The net worth figures are accurate as of March 5, 2019, and emanate from Forbes’ real-time data.
10. Kwong Siu-hing
Net worth: US$15.1 billion Moneymaker: Real estate (Sun Hung Kai)
Widow of the co-founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Kwok Tak-seng Kwong Siu-hing is the biggest shareholder in the Hong Kong-based real estate company.
Kwong, 89, married the late Kwok Tak-seng when she was 20. The couple went on to have three sons; one of whom, Walter Kwok, was ousted from the business, leaving sons Thomas and Raymond in charge of day-to-day operations. Walter Kwok passed away last year.
Kwong is also chairman of the SHKP-Kwoks’ Foundation, which was founded in 2002 to give scholarships to students in educational institutions such as The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University.
9. Gina Rinehart
