Last year too she achieved a significant milestone in December by becoming the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, her wealth had risen to $100.1 billion as the shares of L'Oreal SA grew to new highs.
This development follows a major milestone achieved by her in December when she became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, thus becoming the world's richest woman.
According to Forbes, French heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is worth $80.5 billion (£64b) having inherited her mother s 33 percent share of the cosmetics company in 2017.