Top 10 richest women in the world 2025: People get viewed primarily as numbers in net worth measurements but their worth extends to powerful influence statements and creative innovation along with creating meaningful impact. Women lead the modern world by founding their way to billionaire status.
Top 10 richest women in the world 2025
Forbes Billionaire List 2024 indicates that women compose 13.3% of billionaires world-wide last year. Forbes has recognized ten women who lead diverse sectors while accumulating combined assets that exceed half a trillion dollars (approximately).
These influential women challenge male-based leadership norms while breaking traditional thinking and create fundamental transformative changes in financial leadership traditions.
The list contains ten wealthy businesswomen including heiresses alongside self-made entrepreneurs who constructed billion-dollar businesses according to Forbes’ records from February 2025.
The ten wealthiest female individuals throughout the world maintain their positions for February 2025 according to Forbes.
The 2025 version of Forbes’ Women Billionaire List shows stable identity among prior-year names yet exhibits important new contributors together with status and financial value adjustments.
Alice Walton daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton attained greater wealth than Françoise Bettencourt Meyers granddaughter of L’Oréal’s founder thereby ending Meyers four-year streak.
Marilyn Simons entered the global female billionaire list this year because her late husband Jim Simons passed away in May of last year when he reached age 86.
The global women’s billionaires list of 2025 includes Savitri Jindal & family as they will become India’s richest woman in 2025.
Top 10 richest women in the world as of February 17, 2025:
| Rank | Name | Net Worth (USD) | Source of Wealth |
| 1 | Alice Walton | $112.5 billion | Walmart |
| 2 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and Family | $74.4 billion | L’Oréal |
| 3 | Julia Koch and Family | $74.2 billion | Koch Industries |
| 4 | Jacqueline Mars | $42.3 billion | Mars Inc |
| 5 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | $39.0 billion | Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group |
| 6 | Abigail Johnson | $36.0 billion | Fidelity Investments |
| 7 | Savitri Jindal & family | $32.3 billion | JSW Group |
| 8 | MacKenzie Scott | $32.3 billion | Amazon |
| 9 | Miriam Adelson & family | $31.5 billion | Las Vegas Sands |
| 10 | Marilyn Simons & family | $31.0 billion | Hedge Funds |
Source: Forbes
Note: It’s important to know that the rankings and net worth figures can vary frequently, influenced by shifts in stock prices and market dynamics.
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