1. Christy Walton family
$ 20 billion
Wal-Mart. United States, Wyoming, 54 years
The widow of the deceased in 2005, in a plane crash, Jim Walton, heir to the Empire, Wal-Mart, the son of Sam Walton, the founder. 2 children
2. Alice Walton
$ 19.5 billion
Wal-Mart 59, Texas.
divorced
3. Lilian Betancourt
$ 15 billion
L Oreal. ´ Paris. 86.
The widow, one daughter
4. Susanne Klatten
$ 12 billion
BMW, medicines. Germany. 46.
Married, two children
5. Birgit Rausing
$ 11 billion
Tetra Laval, Switzerland. 85.
A widow, three children
6. Jacqueline Mars
$ 9.5 billion
Mars. New Jersey. 69.
Divorced, two children
7. Anne Cox Chambers
$ 9 billion
Cox Enterprises. Atlanta. 90.
Married, three children.
8. Abigajl Johnson
$ 8.5 billion
Fidelity Investments. Boston. 47.
Married, two children
9. Savitri Jindal
$ 6 billion
Iron and steel production. India. 58.
A widow nine children
10. Charlene de Karvalo-Heineken
$ 5.5 billion
Heineken. The City Of London. 54.
Married, five children
11. Pauline Macmillan Kejnat
$ 5.5 billion
Cargill. Saint Louis. 75.
Married, four children
12. Marion Macmillan Pictet
$ 5.5 billion
Cargill. Bermuda Shorts. 77.
Divorced, one child.
13. Anthony Johnson
$ 5 billion
Axel Johnson Group, Stockholm. 66.
Married, four children
14. Johan Quant
$ 5 billion
BMW. Germany. 82.
The widow, two children
15. Jan Huèân′
$ 4.8 billion
Real Estate, China. 27.
married
16. Dorothea Stajnbruh
$ 4.8 billion
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional. Brazil.
A widow, three children
17. Blair Perr-Okeden
$ 4.5 billion
Cox Enterprises. Australia. 58.
Married, two children
18. Shari Arison
$ 3.2 billion
Carnival Cruise, banks. Teld′ Aviv. 51.
Married, four children.
19. Heidi Horten
$ 3 billion
Chain of department stores. Vienna. 68.
Widow
20. Rosalia Mera
$ 2.9 billion
Inditex. La Coruna, Spain. 64.
Divorced, two children
