How does it feel to be a multi-billionaire mommy? Just the thought makes my head spin like crazy. I’m sure I’d never ever be a rich mom but it’s cool to find out who among the mothers all over the world are considered the richest.
The Top Five (5) World’s Richest Moms (source: Yahoo News, Forbes.com)
Fifth Placer: Abigail JohnsonWorth: $11.5 billion
Location: U.S.
Other Information: 48 years old, Married with 2 children. With her father she controls Fidelity Investments, America’s largest mutual fund company, founded by her grandfather. She earned an MBA at Harvard and joined the family business in 1988. Abby got to run her first diversified fund at age 28. Now she runs personal and workplace investing division; believed by some to be father’s chosen successor. (Photo from justsharethis.com)
Fourth Placer: Savitri JindalWorth: $12.2 billion
Location: India
Other Information: 60 years old, Widowed with 9 children. Nonexecutive chair of the O.P. Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal, in 1952. Took over as group head after he died in a helicopter crash in 2005. In his lifetime the patriarch had handed down operations to their 4 sons, Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen, who today run independent units. Savitri was re-elected in the assembly elections in Haryana, her home state. (Photo from tintuconline.vietnamnet.vm)
Third Placer: Birgit Rausing
Worth: 13 billion
Location: Sweden
Other Information: 86years old. Widowed with 3 children. She and her three children inherited packaging giant Tetra Laval after her husband Gad Rausing died in 2000. The firm revolutionized the storing of liquids, such as juices and milk, by developing lightweight packaging that preserves the nutritional value and taste of products. Birgit is retired in Switzerland. Leaves family business to her children, all three of whom sit on board; Jorn, the youngest, also heads company’s mergers and acquisitions division. (Photo from images.forbes.com)
Second Placer: Liliane Bettencourt
Worth: $20 billion
Location: France
Other Information: 87 years old. Widowed with 1 child. Makeup heiress inherited fortune from her father, the founder of cosmetic giant L’Oreal. Europe’s richest mom is not on speaking terms with her only daughter, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyer. Daughter claims Francoise-Marie Banier, 61, a well-known photographer, writer and painter Liliane befriended, took advantage of her mother, who became a widow in 2007. Last year Bettencourt-Meyers petitioned courts to investigate reported $1.4 billion worth of cash and gifts that her mother allegedly gave Banier. Liliane denies all; has been ordered to undergo psychological testing before a July trial. (Photo from smh.com.au)
The World’s Richest Mother: Christy Walton
Worth: $22.5 billion
Location: U.S.
Other Information: 55 years old. Widowed with 1 child. Became a billionaire in 2005 when her late husband John, second son of Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton, died when his ultralight aircraft crashed. She is the richest of the Waltons thanks to John’s early bet on alternative energy firm First Solar. (Photo from o.aolcdn.com)
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