Top 10 richest women in America

 

1. Alice Walton

- Net worth: $69.7 billion
- Rank in world: #18
- Source of wealth: Walmart
- Age: 72

The only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, Alice Walton inherited a huge portion of the company upon her father’s death in 1992. A member of the richest non-royal family in the world, Walton has spent very little time working for the family business, instead focusing on curating artwork. In 2011, she opened her own art museum in Arkansas, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which features works from greats like Warhol, Rockwell, and Rothko.

2. Julia Koch

- Net worth: $62.9 billion
- Rank in world: #21
- Source of wealth: Koch Industries
- Age: 60

Julia Koch inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries when her husband, David Koch, died in 2019. The duo met on a blind date in 1991 and married in 1996. The former fashion assistant and her late husband donated a total of $1.2 billion, including $10 million to both the Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Stanford Children’s Medical Center.

3. MacKenzie Scott

- Net worth: $45.2 billion
- Rank in world: #29
- Source of wealth: Amazon
- Age: 52

The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott in 2019 signed the Giving Pledge, promising to donate the vast majority of her wealth to philanthropic causes. Scott was awarded 25% of Bezos’s stake in Amazon—4% of the company—upon the finalization of their divorce in 2019. In March 2022, Scott donated $275 million to Planned Parenthood, the organization's single-largest donation in history.

4. Jacqueline Mars

- Net worth: $34.6 billion
- Rank in world: #38
- Source of wealth: candy, pet food
- Age: 82

Jacqueline Mars is the great-aunt of the four Mars sisters highlighted earlier in this list. She owns an estimated one-third of her grandfather’s candy company, and she worked for the company for nearly 20 years and served on the board until 2016. Today, Mars serves on the board of numerous institutions, including the Smithsonian and the National Archives.

5. Miriam Adelson

- Net worth: $26.9 billion
- Rank in world: #53
- Source of wealth: casinos
- Age: 76

An Israeli-American physician, who focuses on addiction, Miriam Adelson is the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the founder of the Las Vegas Sands casino company. Upon Sheldon Adelson’s death in 2021, she became the primary owner of the company. Miriam Adelson is a dedicated philanthropist, who focuses much of her attention on the Sheldon G. Adelson Research Clinic, which helps treat people addicted to opioids.

6. Abigail Johnson

- Net worth: $21.9 billion
- Rank in world: #74
- Source of wealth: money management
- Age: 60

Abigail Johnson has served as the CEO of Fidelity since 2014. After spending summers working at Fidelity during her college years, Johnson accepted a role as a full-time analyst in 1988. In 2016, Johnson became chairman as well as CEO, and currently holds an estimated 24.5% stake in the company. The Johnson family has frequently contributed to Boston area nonprofits, with donations going to Harvard, Historic New England, and the Institute of Contemporary Art.

7. Laurene Powell Jobs

- Net worth: $17.1 billion
- Rank in world: #107
- Source of wealth: Apple, Disney
- Age: 58

Laurene Powell Jobs met her late husband, Apple founder Steve Jobs, after he gave a guest lecture at Stanford University where she was an MBA student. When he died in 2011, Laurene Powell Jobs inherited billions of dollars in stock in Apple and Disney.

8. Ann Walton Kroenke

- Net worth: $9.5 billion
- Rank in world: #218
- Source of wealth: Walmart
- Age: 73

Ann Walton Kroenke, a registered nurse, is not at all involved in the operation of Walmart, her family’s business. While she did inherit billions of dollars of shares upon the death of her father, Bud Walton, she and her husband chose to use their combined billions to purchase numerous sports teams: the Los Angeles Rams, the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche, the Colorado Rapids, and the Arsenal Football Club.

9. Nancy Walton Laurie (tie)

- Net worth: $8.7 billion
- Rank in world: #252
- Source of wealth: Walmart
- Age: 70

One of several Walmart heirs on this list, Nancy Walton Laurie inherited enough company stock from her father, Bud Walton, to make her a billionaire. Walton Laurie and her husband Bill Laurie own Missouri’s Providence Bank. Outside of her business interests, in 1998 she founded the Columbia Performing Arts Center in Columbia, Missouri, and she continues to be deeply invested in the center’s success.

10. Christy Walton

- Net worth: $8.5 billion
- Rank in world: #264
- Source of wealth: Walmart
- Age: 73

When Christy Walton's husband John died in 2005, she inherited one-sixth of his Walmart fortune. In 2010, she established the venture capital firm Cuna del Mar, which fights for sustainable seafood supply chains by backing brands like Earth Ocean Farms and Sol Azul Maricultivos.