88 SELF-MADE WOMEN BILLIONAIRES IN WORLD
CHINA DOMINATES WITH TWO THIRDS, FOLLOWED BY USA AND UK.
ONLY 12 COUNTRIES MANAGED TO PRODUCE SELF-MADE WOMEN BILLIONAIRES.
TOP 3 CITIES IN WORLD FOR SELF-MADE WOMEN BILLIONAIRES ARE ALL IN CHINA, LED BY BEIJING, SHANGHAI AND SHENZHEN
‘BEIJING REAL ESTATE QUEEN’ CHEN LIHUA MOST SUCCESSFUL WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR IN WORLD WITH US$7.2BN, FOLLOWED BY ‘TOUCHSCREEN QUEEN’ ZHOU QUNFEI OF LENS WITH US$6BN
HANGZHOU-BASED ‘MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT QUEEN’ WU YAN, 36, YOUNGEST SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRE
LILIANNE BETTENCOURT, DAUGHTER OF L’OREAL FOUNDER, RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD WITH US$36BN, FOLLOWED BY ALICE WALTON, DAUGHTER OF WALMART FOUNDER WITH US$31BN. OF TOP 20 RICHEST WOMEN IN WORLD, 2 ARE SELF-MADE, THE REST INHERITED.
CHINESE STAR SIGNS: WOMEN BORN IN THE YEARS OF THE SNAKES AND OX WERE FIRST MOST ON THE LIST
HEALTHCARE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOLMES, 33, DROPS OFF LIST
LEADING AUTHORITY ON GLOBAL WEALTH RELEASES HURUN GLOBAL SELF-MADE WOMEN BILLIONAIRES LIST 2017
Mumbai, 8 March 2017 – Hurun Report today released the Hurun Global Self-Made Women Billionaires List, a ranking of the self-made women billionaires found in the world. This is a sublist of the Hurun Global Rich List 2017 series, released on 7 March. Valuations are a snapshot of 15 January 2017.
- 88 billionaires from 12 countries. Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Researcher of Hurun Report, said, “For every one self-made woman billionaire we found, we have missed at least one if not more, so you can bet your bottom dollar that the real number of self-made women dollar billionaires in the world is no less than 200 today.”
- China has the most number of self-made women billionaires with 56, followed by USA with 15.
- Average wealth US$2.2bn, up 11%; Average age 57 years, seven years younger than those on the Hurun Global Rich List.
- Total Wealth US$194bn.
- 43 saw their wealth increase. 33 saw their wealth decrease or stay the same. 12 new faces, led by sports team owner Denise York and car dealership tycoon Gail Miller, both from the USA.
- 1/4 share wealth with spouse. Hoogewerf said, “Whilst every effort was made to value the women in their own right, in some cases the shareholdings are in both names and not possible to value in the individual’s name.”
- 67% derived wealth from publicly listed companies
- TMT has the most number of self-made women billionaires with 13, followed by Manufacturing and Retail with 11 billionaires each. The main difference with the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, was that Investments came in third above Real Estate.
- The richest woman in the world is Liliane Bettencourt of L’Oreal, followed by Alice Walton of Walmart and Jacqueline Mars of Mars, who inherited from her father Forrest Mars Jr. Of the Top 20 richest women in the world, only two are self-made, with the rest inherited. Interestingly, Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of Steve Jobs, derives most of her wealth from Walt Disney rather than Apple.
Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Researcher of Hurun Report, said, “There are now more self-made women billionaires than ever before, however they only come from 12 countries in the world. We chose International Women’s Day to release this list, to celebrate the achievement of women in business.”
Hoogewerf said, “There can be no question anymore that China is the best place in the world to be a woman entrepreneur. The question I am often asked is ‘Why is China producing so many of the world’s most successful women in business?’ There is no Chinese in the Top 10 of the world’s self-made billionaire men, yet 6 of the Top 10 world’s self-made women billionaires are from China. The one-child policy coupled with traditional childcare, whereby grandparents often play a much larger role in bringing up the children than in developed countries, is perhaps a reason. Another is the business boom this generation has enjoyed in China.”
TABLE: Top 10 Self-Made Women
6 of the Top 10 are from China, led by Chen Lihua, 76.
| Name | Net Worth (US$Bn) | Main Company | Country | Age | |
| 1 | Chen Lihua | 7.2 | FuWah | China | 76 |
| 2 | Zhou Qunfei | 6.0 | Lens | China | 47 |
| 3 | Zhou Hongwen & husband Xiao Jianhua | 5.5 | Tomorrow | China | – |
| 3 | Tina Green & husband Philip Green | 5.5 | Arcadia | UK | 64 |
| 5 |
Chen Chunmei & husband Gong Hongjia |
5.3 | Hikvision | China | 52 |
| 6 | Judy Love & husband Tom Love | 4.8 | Love’s Travel Stops | USA | – |
| 7 | Wu Yajun | 4.6 | Longfor | China | 53 |
| 8 | Zhang Yin | 4.5 | Nine Dragons Paper | China | 60 |
| 9 | Peggy Cherng & husband Andrew Cherng | 4.4 | Panda Express | USA | 69, 69 |
| 10 | Lynda Resnick & husband Stewart Resnick | 4.2 | Roll International | USA | – |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017.
With US$7.2bn, Chen Lihua, 76, of FuWah, is the most successful businesswoman in the world. Growing up in poverty, Chen moved to HK before returning to Beijing to set up her real estate group. Chen is married to well-known actor Chi Zhongrui.
‘Touchscreen Queen’ Zhou Qunfei, 47, of Lens Technology has US$6bn and was the richest self-made women in the world in 2015, after her company went public.
Zhou Hongwen, 46, co-founded Tomorrow Group with husband Xiao Jianhua. Recently, Inner Mongolia-born Zhou and Xiao have been in the news after Xiao went missing, presumed to be helping the Chinese authorities with their inquiries. They are worth US$5.5bn.
Tina Green, 64, is the richest non-Chinese on the list. Together with husband Philip Green, they have US$ 5.5bn, and today live in Monaco. She owns all the family shares in Jersey-registered Taveta Investments.
Chen Chunmei, 52, along with husband Gong Hongjia, with a net worth of US$5.3bn, get most of their wealth from Hikvision Digital Technology, one of the world’s largest supplier of video surveillance products.
With a net worth of US$4.8bn, Judy Love, 79, co-founded Love’s Travel Store & Country Stores along with husband Tom Love in 1964. Today Love’s has more than 300 locations in 39 states.
Another former Number One woman in the world, Wu Yajun, 53, made her fortune with leading real estate brand Longfor. Wu started out as a journalist.
‘Scrap Paper Queen’ Zhang Yin, 60, with a net worth US$4.5bn, is another former Number One in 2006. Zhang built a big scrap paper trading business out of California, before starting her own factories in China.
‘Chinese Restaurant Queen’ Peggy Cherng, 69, along with husband Andrew, are co-founders of the Chinese food restaurant chain Panda Express. Panda Express is one of the world’s largest family-owned restaurant chains, with US$2.5 billion in sales. Burma-born Cherng recently purchased a beachfront mansion in Honolulu.
Lynda Resnick shares US$4.2bn with husband Stewart Resnick. Resnick is an active supporter of the arts in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
““Women from USA and UK have achieved exceptional success from Retail and Technology sectors. It can be noted that 4 out of the Top 10 world’s self-made women entrepreneurs are from the above countries. The gender gap among the billionaires are reducing year by year as women are found indulged in every line of business and they continue to explore new avenues of economic participation. ” , said Anas Rahman Junaid, Managing Director and Chief Researcher, Hurun Report India.
Other women of note that make the list
- JK Rowling, author of Harry Potter, made the list with US$1.4bn.
- He Qiaonv of Orient Landscape was the most generous self-made woman last year, donating US$450 million to charity
- Oprah Winfrey has the largest social media following of any billionaire on the list
- Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook COO
TABLE: By Country – Self-made Women Billionaires
China tops the list with 56 women billionaires, followed by USA and UK
| Country | No of Billionaires | Richest Women |
Age |
Net Worth (US$bn) | |
| 1 | China | 56 | Chen Lihua | 76 | 7.2 |
| 2 | USA | 15 | Judy Love | – | 4.8 |
| 3 | UK | 8 | Tina Green | 64 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Singapore | 1 | Luo Qianqian | 44 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | Hortensia Herrero | 66 | 3.1 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1 | Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno | 69 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1 | Folorunsho Alakija | 66 | 2.1 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | Giuliana Benetton | 78 | 2.1 |
| 4 | India | 1 | Kiran Mazumdar Shaw | 63 | 1.9 |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | Hedda Brahm Droege | 62 | 1.8 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | Vicky Teoh | – | 1.7 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | Winnie Enevoldsen | 61 | 1.6 |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: By City – Self-made Women Billionaires
The Top 5 cities are all in China, led by Beijing.
| City | No. of Billionaires | Richest Woman | |
| 1 | Beijing | 10 | Chen Lihua |
| 2 | Shanghai | 9 | Chen Shuhong |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 8 | Wu Chunyuan |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 5 | Wu Yan |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 5 | Zhou Hongwen |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: By Industry – Self-made Women Billionaires
TMT has 13 women billionaires and tops the list, followed by Manufacturing and Retail.
| Industry | No. of Billionaires | Richest Woman | |
| 1 | TMT | 13 | Zhou Qunfei |
| 2 | Retail | 11 | Tina Green |
| 3 | Manufacturing | 11 | Zhang Yin |
| 4 | Real Estate | 8 | Chen Lihua |
| 5 | Pharmaceuticals | 7 | Zhong Huijuan |
| 5 | Energy | 5 | Guo Tianshu |
| 7 | Investments | 5 | Zhou Hongwen |
| 8 | Logistics | 4 | Zhang Xiaojuan |
| 8 | Entertainment | 3 | Oprah Winfrey |
| 10 | Food & Beverage | 3 | Lynda Resnick |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 10 Youngest self-made Women Billionaires
Hangzhou-based angWu Yan, 36 of Hakim is the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world. There are 10 aged 45 or under.
| Age | Name | Main Company | Net Worth (US$Bn) |
| 36 | Wu Yan | Hakim | 1.9 |
| 41 | Chen Xiaoying | Shentong Express | 1.7 |
| 42 | Chen Liying | Yunda | 1.7 |
| 43 | Wu Lanlan | Yuto Packaging Technology | 1.8 |
| 44 | Luo Qianqian | Shanda | 3.5 |
| 44 | Zuo Xiaoping | L&S | 1.7 |
| 44 | Bu Yang | Suning | 1.4 |
| 44 | Peng Lei | Alibaba, Ant Financial | 1.4 |
| 45 | Sheryl Sandberg | 1.7 | |
| 45 | Sara Blakely | Spanx | 1.1 |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
Chinese Star Signs For the world’s most successful women in business, those born in the Year of the Ox and Year of the Sheep were equal Number One, followed by Pigs and Snakes. Those born in the Year of the Rat were least. Curiously, when compared with the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, Snakes were also Top 3, but Pigs did much better with the women, whereas Monkeys, third on the Hurun Global Rich List, were second last for the women.
TABLE: Chinese Star Signs of the Hurun Global Women Billionaires
| Hurun Global Women Billionaires Rank | Star Sign | % | Hurun Global Rich List Rank |
| 1 | Ox | 14% | 4 |
| 1 | Ram | 14% | 6 |
| 3 | Snake | 10% | 1 |
| 3 | Pig | 10% | 12 |
| 5 | Dragon | 8% | 7 |
| 5 | Tiger | 8% | 8 |
| 7 | Horse | 7% | 2 |
| 7 | Rabbit | 7% | 5 |
| 7 | Dog | 7% | 8 |
| 7 | Rooster | 7% | 11 |
| 11 | Monkey | 5% | 3 |
| 12 | Rat | 3% | 10 |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Self-Made Score Card
Overwhelmingly all of the Chinese are self-made without private education, whilst most of those in the US and UK had a private education.
| Self-Made Scorecard | % of Women billionaires | Top Countries (with %. of women billionaires) | Example |
| 5 | 72% | 1. Greater China (89%) | Self-made without parental financial support eg: Chen Lihua |
| 2. USA (5%) | |||
| 4 | 28% | 1. USA (40%) | Self-made, but with a helping hand from parents such as through private education eg: Tina Green |
| 2. UK (28%) |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 20 Richest Women in World
The richest woman in the world is Liliane Bettencourt of L’Oreal, followed by Alice Walton of Walmart and Jacqueline Mars of Mars, who inherited from her father Forrest Mars Jr. Of the Top 20 richest women in the world, only two are self-made, with the rest inherited. Interestingly, Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of Steve Jobs, derives most of her wealth from Walt Disney rather than Apple.
Table: Top 20 Women Billionaires – Hurun Women Rich List
| Name | Net Worth (US$) | Main Company | Source | Age | |
| 1 | Liliane Bettencourt | 37 | L’Oreal | Inherited | 94 |
| 2 | Alice Walton | 31 | Wal-Mart | Inherited | 67 |
| 3 | Jacqueline Mars | 28 | Mars | Inherited | 77 |
| 4 | Maria Franca Fissolo | 22 | Ferrero Rocher | inherited | 75 |
| 5 | Susanne Klatten | 20 | BMW | Inherited | 54 |
| 6 | Elaine Marshall & family | 18 | Koch Industries | Inherited | 71 |
| 7 | Iris Fontbona & family | 17 | Quinenco | Inherited | 74 |
| 8 | Laurene Powell Jobs & family | 15 | Walt Disney | Inherited | 53 |
| 9 | Abigail Johnson | 13 | Fidelity | Inherited | 55 |
| 10 | Charlene Carvalho | 11 | Heineken | Inherited | 62 |
| 10 | Gina Rinehart | 11 | Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine | Inherited | 62 |
| 10 | Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family | 11 | Menarini | Inherited | 73 |
| 13 | Blair Parry-Okeden | 10 | Cox Enterprise | Inherited | 66 |
| 13 | Kwong Siu Hing | 10 | Sun Hung Kai | Inherited | 88 |
| 13 | Pao Pui Yung &Peter Woo (Husband) | 10 | Wheelock | Inherited | – |
| 16 | Yang Huiyan | 8.7 | Country Garden | Inherited | 36 |
| 17 | Babetta Albrecht & family | 7.8 | Aldi Nord & Trader’s Joe | Inherited | 57 |
| 18 | Chen Lihua | 7.2 | Fu Wah | Self-made | 76 |
| 19 | Zhang Xiaojuan & Yu Huijiao (Husband) | 7.1 | YTO | Self-made, Self-made | – |
| 20 | Katharine Rayner | 7.0 | Cox Enterprise | Inherited | 72 |
| 20 | Margaretta Taylor | 7.0 | Cox Enterprise | Inherited | 74 |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
Liliane Bettencourt from L’Oreal is the richest woman in the world with US$37bn. She is the heiress of French cosmetics giant L’Oreal and joined the company as an apprentice when she was 15. She also shares 13th position with Larry Page of Google in Hurun Global Rich List 2017.
Alice Walton of Walmart, with a net worth of US$31bn, is the second wealthiest women in the world and is the richest women in the USA. The 67-year-old Walton is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton. She and her family own about half of the retail behemoth.
Jacqueline Mars, 77, is the daughter of Forrest Mars Jr and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founder of the American candy company Mars. With a net worth of US$28bn, she is the third wealthiest women of 2017.
Maria Franca Fissolo, 76, is the widow of Michele Ferrero, founder of Ferrero SpA, one of the world’s largest confectionery companies. She is fourth with a net worth of US$22bn.
Susanne Klatten, 54, of BMW with a net worth of US$20bn is the richest women in Germany. Susanne and her brother, Stefan Quandt, together hold half of BMW, inheriting the stake from founder Herbert.
Elaine Marshall, 71, of Koch Industries is the sixth wealthiest women, with US$18bn. Marshall’s wealth derives from holdings in Koch Industries willed to her by her husband, E. Pierce Marshall. She is also one of the nine members on the Koch Industries board and has moved up the 2017 charts after seeing a 13% increase in wealth.
Iris Fontbona, 74, widow of Andrónico Luksic is the richest person in Chile, with US$17bn.
Laurene Powell Jobs, 53, widow of Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc, has US$15bn. interestingly, most of her wealth is from shares in Walt Disney. She is co-founder and president of the Board of College Track, which prepares disadvantaged high school students for college.
Abigail Johnson, 54, runs US Investment Firm Fidelity Investments. Her wealth of US$13bn makes her one of the top 10 wealthiest women. In October 2014, she took over the role of CEO from her father.
With a net worth of US$11bn, Charlene Carvalho, 62, is the richest woman in the UK, on the back of a 25% stake in Heineken, inherited from her father Freddy Heineken.
Gina Rinehart, 62, with a net worth of US$11bn is the richest woman in Australia.
With US$11bn, Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family, 73, is the wealthiest woman in Italy. Her wealth is based on shares in pharmaceutical powerhouse Menarini. Landini is the wife of the late Alberto Aleotti who passed away in 2014 at the age of 91.
Margaretta Taylor, 74, and Katherine Rayner, 72, of Cox Enterprise have a fortune of US$7bn each and are heirs to the Cox family fortune. They received a 50% stake in the business from their mother, Anne Cox Chambers, 96, in an asset shuffling that became public in 2015. They focus on philanthropy and have donated to the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Atlanta Humane Society.
Methodology
Wealth valuations are from the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, released 7 March 2017. Putting together this list of the world’s most successful women in business has been a challenge. For several wives with billionaire husbands, the shares are owned in the husband’s name, such as Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, but the donations are done in both spouses’ names, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates, Mark and Priscilla Chan. However, when calculating the wealth of the women billionaires, we have only counted wealth that can be independently verified in their name. In the case of Robin Li and Ma Dongmin of Baidu, for example, we can see the individual shareholding of Ma Dongmin, so we have valued her independently. In the case of Peggy and Andrew Cherng, we can see both their names on the shareholdings but are not able to determine their value independently, so we have kept the total wealth and added the spouses’ name.
Hurun Global Self-Made Women Billionaires List 2017
For the full list, see www.hurun.net
| Name | Net Wealth US$bn | % Change | Main Company | Age | Country of Residence | |
| 1 | Chen Lihua | 7.2 | -5% | Fu Wah | 76 | China |
| 2 | Zhou Qunfei | 6.0 | 7% | Lens | 47 | China |
| 3 | Tina Green & Philip Green (Husband) | 5.5 | 31% | Arcadia | 64 | UK |
| 3 | Zhou Hongwen & Xiao Jianhua (Husband) | 5.5 | 34% | Tomorrow | – | China |
| 5 | Chen Chunmei & Gong Hongjia (Husband) | 5.3 | 20% | Hikvision Digital Technology | 52 | China |
| 6 | Judy Love & Tom Love (Husband) | 4.8 | 1% | Love’s Travel Stops | – | USA |
| 7 | Wu Yajun | 4.6 | 10% | Longfor | 53 | China |
| 8 | Zhang Yin | 4.5 | 22% | Nine Dragons Paper | 60 | China |
| 9 | Peggy Cherng & Andrew Cherng (Husband) | 4.4 | 83% | Panda Express | 69, 69 | USA |
| 10 | Lynda Resnick & Stewart Resnick (Husband) | 4.2 | -5% | Roll International | – | USA |
| 11 | Chen Shuhong & Che Jianxing (Husband) | 4.1 | -7% | Redstar Furniture | – | China |
| 11 | Diane Hendricks | 4.1 | -3% | Abc Supply | 69 | USA |
| 13 | Denise Coates | 3.6 | 38% | Bet365 | 48 | UK |
| 13 | Guo Tianshu & Wang Guangxi (Husband) | 3.6 | 6% | Wintime | – | China |
| 15 | Luo Qianqian & Chen Tianqiao (Husband) | 3.5 | 21% | Shanda | 44 | Singapore |
| 16 | Zhang Xiaojuan | 3.4 | 196% | YTO | – | China |
| 17 | Hortensia Herrero | 3.1 | 3% | Mercadona | 66 | Spain |
| 17 | Zhang Xin & Pan Shiyi (Husband) | 3.1 | 29% | SOHO | 52 | China |
| 19 | Denise York | 3.0 | New | San Francisco 49ers | 66 | USA |
| 20 | Ma Dongmin | 2.9 | 8% | Baidu | 47 | China |
| 20 | Zhong Huijuan | 2.9 | 94% | Hengrui Medicine, Haosen Medicine | – | China |
| 22 | Oprah Winfrey | 2.8 | -4% | Oprah Winfrey Network | 63 | USA |
| 23 | Chen Jinxia | 2.7 | 17% | Yongjin | 49 | China |
| 23 | He Qiaonv | 2.7 | 42% | Orient Landscape | 51 | China |
| 23 | Lu Qianfang & Chen Zhuolin (husband) | 2.7 | 4% | Agile Property | 56 | China |
| 26 | Wu Chunyuan | 2.6 | 61% | AAC Acoustic Technologies | – | China |
| 27 | Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno | 2.3 | 53% | Amil Participacoes | 69 | Brazil |
| 27 | Judy Faulkner | 2.3 | -62% | Epic Systems | 73 | USA |
| 27 | Li Shanhu & Xu Yu (Husband) | 2.3 | 5% | Trendy | – | China |
| 30 | Zhu Linyao | 2.2 | 5% | Huabao International | 47 | China |
| 31 | Folorunsho Alakija | 2.1 | -46% | Famfa | 66 | Nigeria |
| 31 | Giuliana Benetton | 2.1 | -28% | Benetton | 78 | Italy |
| 31 | Johnelle Hunt | 2.1 | -6% | Jb Hunt Transport Services | 85 | USA |
| 31 | Zhou Xiaoguang | 2.1 | 10% | Xinguang | – | China |
| 35 | Gail Miller | 2.0 | New | Larry H. Miller Group | 73 | USA |
| 36 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | 1.9 | 90% | Biocon | 63 | India |
| 36 | Martisa Lazari | 1.9 | New | Lazari Investments | 72 | UK |
| 36 | Wu Yan | 1.9 | -10% | Hakim | 36 | China |
| 39 | Hedda Brahm Droege | 1.8 | New | Droege International | 62 | Germany |
| 39 | Wu Lanlan | 1.8 | New | Yuto Packaging Technology | 43 | China |
| 41 | Chen Liying | 1.7 | New | Yunda | 42 | China |
| 41 | Chen Xiaoying | 1.7 | 42% | Shentong Express | 41 | China |
| 41 | Dai Weili | 1.7 | 70% | Marvell | 56 | USA |
| 41 | Huang Xi | 1.7 | 0% | Goodfirst | – | China |
| 41 | Sheryl Sandberg | 1.7 | 19% | 45 | USA | |
| 41 | Vicky Teoh & David Teoh (Husband) | 1.7 | -22% | TPG Telecom | – | Australia |
| 41 | Wang Laichun | 1.7 | 13% | Luxshare Precision | 50 | China |
| 41 | Zuo Xiaoping & Huang Lianxi (Husband) | 1.7 | 13% | L&S | 44 | China |
| 49 | Lei Jufang | 1.6 | 33% | Qizheng Pharmaceutical | 64 | China |
| 49 | Winnie Enevoldsen & Per Enevoldsen (Husband) | 1.6 | 60% | Pandora | 61 | Denmark |
| 49 | Zhang Yue’e & Pu Zhongjie (Husband) | 1.6 | -6% | Lepu | – | China |
| 52 | Doris Fisher | 1.5 | 50% | GAP | 85 | USA |
| 52 | J.K. Rowling | 1.5 | New | Novelist | 51 | UK |
| 52 | Lai Yujing & Zhang Yue (Husband) | 1.5 | 7% | Broad | – | China |
| 52 | Liao Qingqing | 1.5 | -52% | Salubris Pharmaceuticals | 68 | China |
| 52 | Peter Coates | 1.5 | -42% | Bet365 | 79 | UK |
| 52 | Zhao Yan | 1.5 | New | Bloomage | 50 | China |
| 58 | Bu Yang | 1.4 | 8% | Suning | 44 | China |
| 58 | Mary Perkins | 1.4 | -33% | Specsavers | 71 | UK |
| 58 | Peng Lei | 1.4 | -7% | Alibaba, Ant Financial | 44 | China |
| 58 | Wu Xueqin & Zhu Yicai (Husband) | 1.4 | -44% | Yurun | – | China |
| 58 | Zhai Li & Shi Zhengfu (Husband) | 1.4 | 40% | Tonghua | 46 | China |
| 63 | Cheng Xue | 1.3 | 0% | Haitian | 47 | China |
| 63 | Li Tan | 1.3 | 7% | Hepalink | 53 | China |
| 63 | Zheng Xiangling | 1.3 | -46% | Sino Biopharmaceutial | 53 | China |
| 66 | Elaine Wynn | 1.2 | -5% | Wynn Resort | 74 | USA |
| 66 | Elena Baturina | 1.2 | -20% | Inteko | 52 | UK |
| 66 | Fan Zhaoxia | 1.2 | 0% | Jing Yun Tong | – | China |
| 66 | Ma Xiuhui | 1.2 | 150% | Opple | 46 | China |
| 66 | Meg Whitman | 1.2 | 2% | Ebay | 60 | USA |
| 66 | Mei Dong & Gao Dekang (Husband) | 1.2 | -8% | Bosideng | – | China |
| 66 | Xu Xin | 1.2 | 20% | Capital Today | – | China |
| 73 | Chen Baozhen | 1.1 | -15% | Wangsu Science & Technology | 74 | China |
| 73 | Li Ping | 1.1 | -70% | XinHu | – | China |
| 73 | Sara Blakely | 1.1 | 3% | Spanx | 45 | USA |
| 73 | Wei Xuefeng | 1.1 | 17% | Jinjiang | – | China |
| 73 | Zhao Baoju | 1.1 | 28% | ENN | 52 | China |
| 78 | Anne Graff | 1.0 | -47% | Graff Diamonds | – | UK |
| 78 | He Yiju | 1.0 | -14% | AUX | – | China |
| 78 | Huang Xiaofen | 1.0 | New | Kingwong | 54 | China |
| 78 | Li Binlan | 1.0 | -9% | A.Best | 55 | China |
| 78 | Lyu Hui & Chen Ningning | 1.0 | -9% | Pioneer Metals | 46 | China |
| 78 | Wang Jia | 1.0 | -23% | Venustech | – | China |
| 78 | Xia Yibo & Song Weiping (Husband) | 1.0 | New | Greentown | – | China |
| 78 | Xiao Wenhui | 1.0 | 0% | Macrolink | 60 | China |
| 78 | Zeng Baobao | 1.0 | New | Fantasia | 46 | China |
| 78 | Zhang Huiming | 1.0 | -44% | Sound Environment | – | China |
| 78 | Zhuo Jun | 1.0 | New | Kingwong | 51 | China |
| 78 | Zhuo Jun | 1.0 | New | Kingwong | 51 | China |
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
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