Only 56 women made this year’s Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America—but as a group they’re wealthier than ever. The women on the Forbes 400 are worth a combined $452 billion ...

then ranks third place for richest women and 19th place for richest Americans with $47.6 billion. According to Forbes, the top 400 wealthiest people in the U.S. are worth a combined $5.4 trillion.

America’s 100 richest self-made women are wealthier than ever: With a record 26 billionaires on the list, plus 15 new additions, they’re collectively worth $118 billion. Amy Sussman/Getty ...

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but has now taken the top spot as the world's richest woman. The only daughter of Sam Walton, founder of US supermarket giant Walmart, the 67-year-old American has an estimated net worth of $33.8bn.

Before Walton, L’Oréal’s owner Francoise Bettencourt Meyers was the richest woman in the world ... for the Smithsonian’s planned American Women’s History Museum, $3 million in funding ...