The granddaughter of the L'Oréal founder, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers was the wealthiest woman in the world as of April 2022. Her and her family's net worth was estimated at 74.8 billion U.S. dollars. Alice Walton, the daughter of the Walmart founder, was ranked second with 65.3 billion U.S. dollars in net worth.
1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oréal, her source of wealth is this business and her net worth is $74.8 billion.
The richest woman in the world in 2023 is Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers with an estimated net worth of over $50 billion. The owner of the beauty conglomerate L'Oreal inherited a fortune when her mother, Lilliane, herself the richest woman of her time, passed away in 2017.
1. Bernard Arnault & family. Bernard Arnault is the CEO and Chair of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and his net worth is $198.4 billion, meaning Elon Musk was overtaken as the world's richest man in 2022.
As of October 2, 2022, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest woman in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 26.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $14.6 billion), Mike Cannon-Brookes (No. 3, $13.3 billion); and Scott Farquhar (No.
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Musk's fortune once sat as high as $320 billion in late 2021. As of Jan. 10, Forbes estimates that his net worth sits at $142.1 billion, making him the No. 2 richest person in the world ahead of India's Gautam Adani ($125.1 billion).
Many millionaires, for example, allocate their time differently — they spend more time focusing on personal growth, planning for investments, and working, and less time sleeping. They also gravitate toward similar wealth-building strategies, like saving as much as they can and bringing in multiple income streams.
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John D Rockefeller was announced as the world's first billionaire through newspaper headlines in 1916. Towards the end of his life, Rockefeller gave much of his money and assets to his heirs and philanthropies.
Sports, boating, and travel are also popular pastimes among the richest people in the world, according to Wealth-X. The hobbies of the richest billionaires are different from billionaires with net worths under $5 billion; billionaires worth $5 billion are more active in philanthropy, art, and aviation.
A significant percentage of self-made millionaires do 30 minutes or more of aerobic exercise every day, like running, jogging, walking, or biking. Approximately 88% of self-made millionaires spend 30 minutes or more a day reading. What kinds of books do they read? Biographies, self-help books, and history books.
Renting allows people to still be mobile and not tied down to one location as you would if you were to buy a house you are living in. Especially in this day and age with an ever-evolving job market, the wealthy would rather have the flexibility to move to take advantage of new opportunities when it presents itself.
That makes Musk the first person ever to lose $200 billion in wealth, Bloomberg reported last week. The bulk of Musk's wealth is tied up in Tesla (TSLA), whose stock plunged 65% in 2022. Demand for Tesla (TSLA)s weakened as competition in electric vehicles from established automakers surged last year.
A nine-year-old African kid is reportedly the world's youngest billionaire, who travels around the world in his private jet and has several mansions to his name. Mompha Junior from Lagos, Nigeria became the owner of his first mansion at the age of just six. He has an entire fleet of supercars.
(Image credit: @alexandr_wang) As a kid, Alexandr Wang was a math whiz who liked participating in national math and coding competitions. At 25, he is the world's youngest self-made billionaire and his company uses artificial intelligence to analyse how much damage Russian bombs are causing in Ukraine.
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