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The Latest Breaking News from Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

L’Oréal heiress has been dethroned as the world’s richest woman by the family dynasty that tops the Fortune 500

Both women are part of families that built sprawling empires across France and the U.S. in beauty and mass retail, respectively.

Fortune

Women Who Have Made Their Mark: 15 Richest Women Around the Globe And Their Sources Of Income

While women make up just 12.5 per cent of the 3,194 billionaires in the world, the number of self-made female billionaires is increasing.

International Business Times UK

L’Oréal heiress and board member is first woman to amass $100bn fortune

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, whose grandfather founded the company in 1909, became $28.6bn richer

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He’s the world’s richest man. So why do we hear so little from Bernard Arnault?

France does not expect much in the way of philanthropy from its low-profile billionaire class. Perhaps it should, says Alexander Hurst of Sciences Po

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