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.
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While there is very little that is flashy about the French beauty mogul, it s proving an impossible task for any billionaire to dethrone the 70-year-old whose fortune is an estimated $99.5billion.
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.