Forbes List of 10 Richest Self-Made Women

May 11, 2023, 20:32 IST

Trisha Pathak

Fan Hongwei

Fan Hongwei has a net worth of $18.2 billion. She is the 13th-wealthiest woman in the world. Hongwei is the head of Hengli Petrochemical, an oil refining and chemical fibre company in China.

Rafaela Aponte

Rafaela is the co-founder of the Mediterranean Shipping Company. She has a net worth of $16.8 billion.

Wu Yajun

Wu Yajun is a former journalist who founded the investment holding company, Longfor Properties, in 1993. She has a net worth of $15.3 billion.

Diane Hendricks

Hendricks is America's richest self-made woman. She grew her company, ABC Supply, from three locations to 811. She has a net worth of $10.7 billion.

Judy Love

Judy Love co-founded Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores in 1964. Her net worth is $9.7 billion.

Wang Laichun

Wang Laichun is the chairman and co-founder of Luxshare Precision Industry, a cable and connectors manufacturing company in China. Her net worth is $9.5 billion.

Zhong Huijuan

Zhong Huijuan founded Hansoh Pharmaceuticals in 2015. She chairs the company and owns more than three-quarters of its shares. Her net worth is $8.1 billion.

Lynda Resnick

Resnick is the vice chair and the co-founder of the Wonderful Company. Her net worth is $8 billion.

Zhou Qunfei

Zhou Qunfei is the founder and CEO of Lens Technology, which supplies smartphone screens to big brands. Her net worth is $7.1 billion.

Judy Faulkner

Judy Faulkner founded Epic Systems, a healthcare software company, in a basement in 1979. Leading hospitals and other companies use Epic. Her net worth is $7 billion.

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