Bgger fortunes. More billionaires. Increasing impact. We mark the 10th anniversary of our annual list of America’s most successful self-made women by celebrating how far these 100 entrepreneurs have come: There are 38 billionaires this year, with fortunes originating in everything from cars to cosmetics to Chardonnay. That’s more than double the 18 we found in 2015. Minimum to make the cut? $350 million, up from $250 million a decade ago, when we only ranked 50 women.
America’s Richest Self-Made Women
Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | State |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Diane Hendricks |
$22.3 B
|
78 | Building supplies | Wisconsin |
2 | Judy Faulkner |
$7.8 B
|
81 | Healthcare software | Wisconsin |
3 | Marian Ilitch & family |
$6.9 B
|
92 | Little Caesars Pizza | Michigan |
4 | Lynda Resnick |
$6.3 B
|
82 | Agriculture | California |
5 | Thai Lee |
$6.1 B
|
66 | IT provider | Texas |
6 | Elizabeth Uihlein |
$5.6 B
|
79 | Packaging materials | Illinois |
7 | Gail Miller & family |
$4.6 B
|
81 | Car dealerships | Utah |
8 | Eren Ozmen |
$4.4 B
|
66 | Aerospace | Nevada |
8 | Jayshree Ullal |
$4.4 B
|
64 | Computer networking | California |
10 | Johnelle Hunt |
$3.8 B
|
93 | Trucking | Arkansas |
11 | Peggy Cherng |
$3.6 B
|
77 | Fast food | Nevada |
11 | Meg Whitman |
$3.6 B
|
68 | EBay | California |
13 | Oprah Winfrey |
$3.1 B
|
71 | TV shows | Illinois |
14 | Weili Dai |
$2.9 B
|
63 | Semiconductors | Nevada |
15 | Safra Catz |
$2.6 B
|
63 | Software | Florida |
16 | Barbara Banke & family |
$2.5 B
|
71 | Wine | California |
17 | Sheryl Sandberg |
$2.3 B
|
55 | California | |
18 | Susan Ocampo & family |
$2 B
|
67 | Semiconductors | Hawaii |
19 | Kim Kardashian |
$1.7 B
|
44 | Shapewear, skincare | California |
19 | Alice Schwartz |
$1.7 B
|
98 | Medical devices | California |
21 | Taylor Swift |
$1.6 B
|
35 | Music | Tennessee |
21 | Michelle Zatlyn |
$1.6 B
|
45 | Cybersecurity | California |
23 | Doris Fisher |
$1.5 B
|
93 | Gap | California |
23 | Shuo Wang |
$1.5 B
|
36 | HR software | Washington |
23 | Maky Zanganeh |
$1.5 B
|
54 | Biotech | Florida |
26 | Lucy Guo |
$1.3 B
|
30 | Artificial intelligence | California |
26 | Lauren Leichtman |
$1.3 B
|
75 | Private equity | Florida |
28 | Daniela Amodei |
$1.2 B
|
37 | Artificial intelligence | California |
28 | Sara Blakely |
$1.2 B
|
54 | Spanx | Georgia |
28 | Robyn Jones |
$1.2 B
|
62 | Insurance | Texas |
28 | Michele Kang |
$1.2 B
|
65 | Healthcare IT | Florida |
28 | Gwynne Shotwell |
$1.2 B
|
61 | SpaceX | Texas |
33 | Theresia Gouw |
$1.1 B
|
57 | Venture capital | California |
33 | Sheila Johnson |
$1.1 B
|
76 | Cable TV, hotels | Virginia |
35 | Anne Dinning |
$1 B
|
62 | Hedge funds | New York |
35 | Rihanna |
$1 B
|
37 | Music, cosmetics | California |
35 | Martine Rothblatt |
$1 B
|
70 | Pharmaceuticals | Florida |
35 | Neerja Sethi |
$1 B
|
70 | IT consulting | Florida |
39 | Marissa Mayer |
$980 M
|
50 | Google, Yahoo | California |
40 | Tory Burch |
$910 M
|
58 | Fashion | New York |
41 | Kendra Scott |
$900 M
|
51 | Jewelry | Texas |
42 | Madonna |
$850 M
|
66 | Music | New York |
43 | Lisa Su |
$820 M
|
55 | Semiconductors | Texas |
44 | Nancy Zimmerman |
$800 M
|
61 | Hedge funds | Massachusetts |
45 | April Anthony |
$780 M
|
58 | Healthcare | Texas |
45 | Beyoncé Knowles-Carter |
$780 M
|
43 | Music | New York |
47 | Anastasia Soare |
$740 M
|
67 | Cosmetics | California |
48 | Selena Gomez |
$700 M
|
32 | Cosmetics | California |
48 | Pamela M. Lopker |
$700 M
|
70 | Software | Arizona |
48 | Joan Payden |
$700 M
|
93 | Money management | California |