Ka-ching: these are the 5 richest women in the world

The richest people in the world may still be men for now, but that won't last long. These are the women with the largest fortunes, and you need to bring in at least 15 billion, otherwise you won't even make the top 10.

Who? MacKenzie Scott
Estimated fortune: more than $50 billion
Scott is a novelist, but her fortune mainly comes from her shares in Amazon. She was once married to founder Jeff Bezos, and after the divorce, the bank account was split. In any case, the expectation is that MacKenzie Scott will donate the majority of her dollars to charities.

Who? Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
Estimated fortune: $50 billion
This second richest woman in the world hails from France and reportedly doesn't care a bit about giving money according to friends. In 2017, she inherited the family business L’Oréal from her grandfather. She owns 33 percent of the company, which gives her a considerable balance. Not that she is sitting on it, because after the fire at Notre Dame, she donated 226 million for the restoration.

Who? Alice Walton
Estimated fortune: €44 billion
Walmart, who doesn't know it? Even if you've never seen one from the inside, you know about this phenomenon from America. Alice Walton, as a granddaughter, holds quite a few shares, but does not get involved with the company. Her brothers have the reins. She is more interested in the art trade and supports the Democrats quite generously around election time.

Who? Jacqueline Mars
Estimated fortune: $24 billion
It's already in her name: Mars is the heir to the family business and invests heavily around. For almost twenty years, she was president of the company, and in early 2001, Jacqueline Mars retired. Not that she sat down and did nothing, as she pops up in various boards related to art and culture.

Who? Yang Huiyan
Estimated fortune: $22 billion
Huiyan is a newcomer among the richest women in the world and at 40 years old is also the youngest of the bunch. She holds 57 percent of the shares of Country Gardens Holding, a company set up by her father and responsible for much real estate. Yang Huiyan was already attending board meetings as a teenager and was raised with the management of the company, which she still does successfully.

And the first Dutch person on the list of the richest women in the world? That is Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, at a nice number 11.