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.
Outwardly, there is very little that is flashy about the L’Oreal beauty giant heiress who has just become the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune.
The family firm owns brands including Prada and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as Lancome. But French businesswoman Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has a more understated style.
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.