With several million accomplished and immensely wealthy women who helped the states’ economic prosperity, the US can boldly be regarded as a women-on-business country.
The roster of the most wealthy ladies for this year is evidence of the several ways that riches can be accumulated and put to use. From IT behemoths to retail moguls, these women are at the height of financial success and corporate leaders in their respective domains, therefore redefining standards for philanthropy and entrepreneurship.
Classifications differ greatly from one another, and those with stricter requirements only name the women whose wealth comes from their own efforts.
Their tales reveal the changing dynamics of money and power in the modern society by combining inherited riches, self-made success, and relentless dedication to society’s betterment.
List Of Top 10 Richest Women In America 2024
1. Alice Walton -$78.8 Billion
By 2024, Alice Walton is the richest woman living in America. Once more, the heiress of Walmart Stores, Inc., with a net worth of amazing $78.8 billion, is the uncontested leader. After substituting late Liliane Bettencourt for September this year, Forbes claims Walton is also the richest woman in the world. Three brothers of Walmart also made the list of richest individuals in the world: Jim Walton, S. Robinson Walton, and currently the late John R. Walton. Alice Walton developed a profession as an investment banker and actively helped to preserve and increase the family’s wealth despite being the only female among the heirs of a massive money-making machine. After starting her career as a financial analyst and then manager at First Commerce Corporation, Alice was appointed head of investment activities at the Arvest Bank Group. She was engaged by E.F.Hutton as a chief broker; she left this job in 1998 to start her own investment bank, Llama, under CEO and chairperson direction. She also served the Northwest Arkansas Council, where she provided a noteworthy $79.5 million contribution to the expansion of the regional airport, therefore earning a terminal known as Alice L. Walton Terminal Building. Her name was included in the Aviation Hall of Fame of Arkansas in 2001.
2. Jacqueline Mars -$37.4 Billion
Among the ten richest US women, Jacqueline Mars, a 79-year-old heiress and powerful investor well-known worldwide, holds second place. Mrs. Mars inherited $37.4 billion worth of family business Mars, Inc.’s shares from a confectionery company. Mars, Inc. was unquestionably leading in its field in its best years, but in 1988 Walmart overtook it. Mars also made the list of 30 Richest People in the World for 2017 according to Forbes and Ranker.com. Along with her sister Victoria B. Mars, Jacqueline developed her career running the family business together and gave up on working in anthropology, a degree she obtained at Bryn Mawr College. She has never been politically involved, although her family paid large sums for Congress to remove estate taxes for lobbying purposes. With David H. Badger, Jacqueline’s first husband, she had three children—Alexandra Badger, Stephen M. Badger, and Christa Badger. Following their 1984 divorce, Jacqueline wed Swiss author Hank Vogel. The marriage kept on till 1994.
3. Abigail Pierrepont Johnson -$29.1 Billion
Media’s favourite businesswoman and Fidelity Investments’ (FMR) chief executive officer. Her grandpa, Edward C. Johnson II, started the business; today it is run by her father Edward C. “Ned.” Abby owns a company called Fidelity International (FIL), which gained her a whopping $16 billion fortune. She is also among the richest female entrepreneurs worldwide right now. Abigail is the only woman actively engaged in the Financial Services Forum with memberships on the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and the Board of Directors of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Several times, including 2016, she was also listed among the most powerful women in the world. She graduated in Art History in 1984. Public knowledge of her personal life is lacking in specific details.
4. Diane Hendricks -$20.9 Billion
Diane chose to work in real estate after growing up in a Wisconsin dairy-producing family, thereby skipping college. She met Ken while he was a roofing contractor; their business relationship resulted in a long and happy marriage with seven children. Soon after founding the roofing company ABC Supply, the pair developed a sizable private conglomerate out of one of the most well-known commercial building firms of today. Diane became the only owner and chairman of Hendricks Holding after Ken Hendricks passed away in 2007. Being the principal benefactor of WisconsinEye and Rock County, Diane Hendricks is very well-known for her charitable endeavors. She oversaw Beloit Memorial Hospital, Forward Janesville, Blackhawk Bank, and the Stateline Boys and Girls Club for a particular amount of time. She also helped Scott Walker and Paul Ryan’s governor campaigns in 2012–2014 and served as an economic consultant for Donald Trump, the US’s present president. Her three hit films, The Stoning of Soraya M., An American Carol, and Snowman, are what the audience most remembers about her.
5. Christy Walton -$14.9 Billion
John Walton, one of Sam Walton’s sons who started and oversaw Walmart, is dead; Christy Rush Walton is his widow. Though her precise net worth is unknown, it is thought she has more than $4 billion. Her wealth, however, comes from her husband’s First Solar stake as much as from her Walmart shares. The couple has just one son called Lucas Walton. Christy Walton actively participates in effective charities including the Philanthropy Roundtable and national organization of trustees and staff in addition to being involved in many charitable events. She founded her own charity foundation, Walton Family charity Support, and has given over $1.6 million for improvements in education. Further fascinating information is that the family funded the 2013 film adaptation of Bless Me and controls Tenaja Productions, a production firm.
6. Laurene Powell Jobs -$14.6 Billion
She co-founded the Board of College Track and independently Emerson Collective Advocacy, which specializes in education and immigration reform. She is a well-liked executive and extremely successful businesswoman. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science, and then from Stanford Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. In 1991 she wed Steve Jobs, with whom she has three children: Reed, Erin, and Eve. Apart from her personal assets, Laurene’s fortune comes from the inherited 38.5 million Apple Shares, the Steven P. Jobs Trust, and the 7.3% share in The Walt Disney Company. She became the richest woman in the technology industry worldwide from these interests. She started Terravera, a natural foods firm, concurrently and worked for several years as a trading specialist at Goldman Sachs. Mrs. Powell Jobs is a committed philanthropist engaged in several initiatives aimed at improving education. She established several educational funds, committed over $500 million, and presently serves on the advisory board of the Council of Foreign Relations at Stanford University.
7. Blair Parry-Okeden -$5.7 Billion
At Cox Enterprises, her grandfather’s media company, Blair Parry-Okeden holds 25% of the stocks. Though she does not actively participate in Cox Enterprises, the heiress holds capital valued at $5.6 billion. Her brother James C. Kennedy chairs the corporation currently. Blair is married to Simon Parry-Okeden, from whom she has two boys, Andrew and Harry. Since 1970, the family has called Rockview Station, Australia home. Mrs. Okeden also participates in other charitable endeavors including non-profits, elder care facilities, universities, and initiatives for education improvement. Unbelievably, Blair released her own children’s book titled Down by the Gate. Her media and automobile company’s valuation right now is $20.1 billion.
8. Marian Ilitch -$4.6 Billion
Marian Ilitch owns the enormous family company Ilitch Holdings and founded Little Caesars Pizza. Married Mike Ilitch in 1954, the Michigan-born billionaire with Macedonian roots founded a small local restaurant that has grown to be among the biggest American franchises. Marian and her seven children inherited a sales chain of around $5 billion following the death of her husband, making her among the richest businesswomen in the States and abroad. Apart from running restaurants, the family also makes investments in sports, gaming, and entertainment. Ilitch is also the initial investor of Detroit’s largest and most well-known casino, MotorCity, apparently the most successful gaming company owned and run worldwide under the direction of a woman. Her income comes mostly from small investments in coast-to—coast gaming facilities for American tribes with official recognition. Officially involved in New York’s Shinnecock Indian Nation, Barwise, LLC. in California, and Little River Casino Resort in Michigan, Marian and her partner Michael J. Along with building Comerica Park, one of the best-equipped baseball stadiums in the States, Marian owns Detroit Tigers. Several American presidents have acknowledged her good deed of running a committed fundraising campaign called Love Kitchen, which seeks to assist disaster victims all throughout the State. According to Forbes, Marian also actively supports a lot of Detroit nonprofit organizations.
9. Jin Sook Chang -$4 Billion
She came to the States as a young Korean immigrant with great ideas and a quite limited budget to make them happen. She persisted, though; Jin hired a hair-dresser and she and her husband saved $11,000 for their first clothes shop. Nowadays, one of America’s most well-known retail businesses, Forever 21, uses the same location. These self-made billionaires now have a net worth of $4 billion. Chang works for the company as chief merchandising officer; her two daughters Linda and Esther actively help her. Right now, they employ 43,000 people and run more than 800 outlets in 48 different countries. The family got entangled in a discrimination incident earlier in 2017 and sued for forbade staff members to use languages other than English, but the allegations were dismissed. The family is quite involved in several charitable organizations and fundraising events.
10. Diane Goldman Kemper -$1.1 Billion
Leading stakeholder in her family’s company and well-known real estate investor Mrs Kemper is well-known to the public. She and her three siblings, Allan, Jame, and Amy inherited one of the biggest real estate portfolios in the States and had assets in more than 1900 New York homes and businesses. Her estimated 2017 net worth was $1.1 billion, with Madison Avenue retail and office space added to the list of top rents along with several Upper East Side coops. Together with her sister, Diane oversaw the company’s home leasing division, although she resigned from the post several years ago because of severe health problems. At this stage she plays no active role in the department, although she controls a noteworthy 17% share of the World Trade Center’s development. Her brothers as well as she actively engage in philanthropy and fundraising events.