10. Iris Fontbona & family – $13.8 Billion
Widow of the late billionaire Andronico Luksic, Iris Fontbona and three sons inherited his wealth. The family controls majority stake in Antofagasta Plc, one of the world’s largest copper miners. The company trades on the London Stock Exchange. The family also holds a majority stake in Quinenco, a publicly-traded Chilean conglomerate active in banking, beer, energy, transportation and port services.
9. Johanna Quandt – $13.9 Billion
Coming behind her daughter Susanne Klatten. She owns nearly 50 percent of the German automobile giant BMW along with her daughter and son. The former secretary and then third wife of the late Herbert Quandt is known in Germany for shying from the public eye, she lives quietly in Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe, a town near Frankfurt.
8. Susanne Klatten – $16.8 Billion
This German billionaire is the richest woman in Germany. She owns nearly 50 percent of the automobile giant BMW along with her mother Johanna Quandt and brother Stefan Quandt. She inherited 12.6% stake in automaker from her late father, Herbert Quandt.
7. Anne Cox Chambers – $17 Billion
Anne Cox Chambers is the majority owner of Cox Enterprises, a privately held media conglomerate. She is the surviving daughter of Cox Enterprises founder James M. Cox. The company includes Cox Communications (cable, broadband), Cox Media Group (newspapers, TV, radio stations) and Cox Automotive (AutoTrader.com, Manheim car auctions, online car sales, Kelley Blue Book).
6. Laurene Powell Jobs – $19.5 Billion
This American billionaire is the largest individual shareholder in Disney with 7.7% of the company. Laurene Powell Jobs is the widow of the late Steve Jobs, who was the co-founder of Apple. She is the founder and chair of the Emerson Collective, an organization that focuses on using entrepreneurship to advance social reform and help under-resourced students, and College Track, a nonprofit college completion program.
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