Forbes announced the ranking of the world's most billionaire women

US magazine Forbes published the list of the world's most billionaire women. Traditionally, ex-wives and heirs occupied high places on the list.

In particular, for the third year in a row, Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, the granddaughter of the founder of the L'Oréal cosmetics empire, occupies the first place with a fortune of 80.5 billion dollars.

The second place was occupied by Julia Koch, the widow of businessman David Koch and her children, with 59 billion dollars. Last year, they were ranked third.

The top three was completed by Alice Walton, the daughter of the founder of the Walmart brand. "Forbes" estimated his wealth at 56.7 billion dollars. Ms. Millarder was runner-up last year.

From the updated list, Jacqueline Mars, the founder of "Mars" chocolates ($38.3 billion), was awarded the fourth place, and Miriam Adelson, the widow of gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson ($35 billion), was awarded the fifth place.