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Richest Women in Each Continent
Women are the backbone of families and communities, they are important to the prosperity of any country and more than that, they are leaders. This article looks at the richest women in each continent and how bold this women are, taking on indispensable role in all societies.
When you see a list of the richest people in the world, it quiet difficult to see a list of wealthy women and near impossible to see a list of the richest women in each continent.
It seems the world is more interested in knowing their male counterpart has they have dominated every list that is out there to see. And even if you do see a list of the richest women, you would likely notice the wealth disparities between the richest man and the richest women in the world.
Additionally, it is good to note that this list which will discuss the richest women in each continent, will detail how wealthy this women are, irrespective of the way they have climbed up the ladder, whether through, inheritance and being a strong self-made women. Furthermore, some of these women are the leading person in the industry they find themselves while others are even the richest person in their country.
1. Asia
Richest Woman in Asia
Savitri Jindal is businesswoman and a politician who has a net worth of $20.8 billion. Aside from her career as a politician and as a business woman. She is also the president of the Maharaja Agrasen Medical College as well as being the Chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group which is the third largest steel producer in India. Savitri is the richest person in India as well as the richest woman in Asia after displacing Yang Huiyan the former richest woman in all of Asia after she lost a considerable amount of her wealth. Also, Savitri who had served at India national congress has business interest in steel, power, mining, oil and gas. She inherited the company after her husband who had founded the company before they married died in a plane crash in 2005. In addition, along with her four sons, she manages the conglomerate, with each son in charge of the divisions.
2. Africa
Richest Women in Each Continent
Folorunsho Alakija is a businesswoman from Nigeria with a whooping net worth $1.6 billion. Additionally, she is the richest woman in Nigeria which also equals as the richest woman on the continent of Africa after the former holder of the title Isabel Dos Santos was removed from the billionaire index due to corruption allegations which saw to the seizure of her assets. Alakija who is the definition of what one would call self-made woman, realize her wealth from various business ventures, which include, buying shares in banks. Also, she started her own fashion house as well as rising up the ladder, however, the major bulk of her wealth comes from running a very successful business in Famfa Oil. She is one of the few persons in Nigeria who is license for oil exploration in Nigeria and also one of the top indigenous African oil company.
3. Europe
Richest Woman in Europe
Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers is a French billionaire woman with a an estimated net worth of $87.1 billion. In addition to that, Francoise Bettencourt who is a business woman, philanthropist, writer, billionaire heiress is also the richest woman in Europe as well as the richest woman in the world. Francoise inherited her wealth from her mother Liliane Bettencourt who was the granddaughter Eugène Schueller founder of L’Oréal. Currently, she is the Vice Chairman of L’Oréal which is the largest cosmetic company in the world.
4. North America
Richest Women in Each Continent
Julia Koch is an American socialite who is also the richest woman in America as well the whole of North American with an estimated net worth of $59.5 billion. On the list of the world’s richest women, Julia ranks second coming after Francoise, the richest woman in the world. Meanwhile, Julia Koch story is similar to that of other more than 100 women who are among the richest women in the world, but inherited their fortune, from parent or husband. Julia, inherited about 42% of her late husband David Koch shares in the company he founded Koch Industries a multinational conglomerate with interest in all sectors and industry.
5. South America
Richest Woman in South America
Iris Fontbona is a Chilean citizen and the richest person in her country Chile, as well as the whole South American as a continent with an estimated net worth of $22.5 billion. As a business woman she inherited her wealth from her husband who founded Luksic Group. She owns Antofagasta PLC which is an important conglomerates of Chile after her husband Luksic Group acquired the controlling stake in 1980. The Conglomerate has interest in copper mining, gold mining, transport, and water distribution businesses.
6. Australia/Oceania
Richest Woman in Australia
Gina Rinehart is an Australian business magnate who is one of the richest women in the world and the richest on the continent of Australia. Meanwhile, she is one of the women whose wealth they inherited from parent. Her father Lang Hancock was one of the richest person in Australia. Rinehart is the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction. She took over when her father died and the company was at the brick of bankruptcy with the companies worth values around A$75 million. Gina oversaw an expansion of the company, making it worth billion of dollars from A$75 million when she inherited it. She is worth an estimate of $26.4 billion making her one of the richest women ever.
Conclusion
The richest woman in each continent have something in common, irrespective of how they came about their wealth, whether it is self-made, inherited or in other ways, one that is revealing is that they are all fighters. These extraordinary women who have served as inspiration to many across the globe and many younger generations excel in their business ventures. While some of them took over the affairs of the company at a very crucial time or started a company when all odds were against them, they did not give up, instead they forged ahead to achieve that they set out to achieve. Also, though the world is divided into 7 continent, Antarctica is, however not included on this list as no human lives there, there is either a settlement not a country in this big continent, hence, there is no richest woman here.