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Below are the list of the world's top 20 richest women:

1. Alice Walton, USA, $67.6B, *inherited* Wal-mart fortunes from father
2. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, France, $66.2B, *inherited* L'Oreal family fortunes
3. MacKenzie Scott, USA, $63.2B, *inherited* through divorce with Amazon.com founder
4. Julia Koch, USA, $44.9B, *inherited* Koch family fortunes
5. Yang Huiyan, China, $28.9B, *inherited* Country Garden fortunes from father
6. Jacqueline Mars, USA, $28.9B, *inherited* Mars Candy family fortunes
7. Susanne Klatten, Germany, $23.8B, *inherited* BMW family fortunes
8. Laurene Powell Jobs, USA, *inherited* Disney/Apple fortunes from husband
9. **Zhong Huijian, China, $20.1B, chemistry teacher who founded a pharma company**
10. **Zhou Qunfei, China, $16.8B, factory worker who founded a touchscreen maker**
11. **Wu Yajun, China, $16.2B, journalist who founded a real estate company**
12. Gina Rinehart, Australia, $16.1B, *inherited* Hancock fortunes from father
13. **Fan Hongwei, China, $16.1B, cardboard picker who founded a textile maker**
14. Iris Fontbona, Chile, $15.2B, *inherited* Antofagasta fortunes from husband
15. Abigail Johnson, USA, $15B, *inherited* Fidelity family fortunes
16. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, Netherlands, $14.8B, *inherited* Heineken family fortunes
17. **Lu Zhongfang, China, $14B, factory worker who founded an education company**
18. Kirsten Rausing, Sweden, $13.1B, *inherited* Tetra Laval family fortunes
19. **Wang Laichun, China, $12.6B, factory worker who founded an electronics maker**
20. Kwong Siu-hing, Hong Kong, $12B, *inherited* Sun Hung Kai fortunes from husband

Yes, most of the planet's wealthiest women inherited their wealth, but China is home of world's self-made woman billionaires, it means China has more self-made female billionaires than the rest of the world combined. The 'tiger women' indeed live up to their names.
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