TOP 10 Richest Women in the World 2020

TOP 10 Richest Women in the World 2020

List of 10 Richest Women in the World 2020
Forbes' World's Billionaires list was released and 234 women from around the have found their names on the list this year. Also, a familiar face returns as the world's richest woman. Stock prices and exchange rates are used by the Forbes from 18 March, 2020 to calculate the net worths. Let us have a look at the list of 10 richest women in the world and some facts about them.
According to Forbes' list, Alice Walton is the richest woman in the world with an estimated worth of $54.4 billion. Last year, she was the second richest woman in the world and this year she became the richest by swapping Francoise Bettencourt Meyers who was the richest woman in the world in the 2019 list. She slipped one place and become the second richest woman in the world in 2020 list.

This year, 234 women made the list and last year it was 244. The women on the list are worth $927.4 billion as a group. Despite recent economic instability, they are collective $29.4 billion richer than last year. Let us tell you that seven women additionally share their fortunes this year with either their husband, child, or sibling. Last year nine women shared their fortunes.
In the list nineteen women are new. Of these women, the richest newcomer is Julia Koch, who inherited her husband David Koch's fortune after he died in August 2019. Another newcomer in the list is MacKenzie Bezos, who gained her fortune after finalising her divorce with the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, last summer.

Another new is Neerja Sethi to the list, co-founded IT consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel together with her husband named Bharat Desai. She is one of the 67 self-made women who appeared on this year's list which is slightly down from 68 self-made women last year. A self-made newcomer is Qian Ying, cofounder Shenzen-listed Muyan Foods with her husband Qin Yinglin.