Françoise Bettencourt Meyers: The Story Behind the Fortune
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the granddaughter of L'Oréal founder Eugène Schueller and chairs the family holding company. She has often ranked as the richest woman in the world and is also a published author.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the granddaughter of L'Oréal founder Eugène Schueller and chairs the family holding company. She has often ranked as the richest woman in the world and is also a published author.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers inherited the foundation of this fortune and has stewarded it since.
She is based in Paris, France.
A few of the highlights on the public record: Granddaughter of L'Oréal's founder; Frequently ranked as the world's richest woman; An author of books on religion and mythology.
The fortune shows up across our lists, too: #2 on The World's Richest Women (out of 11 tracked).
On net worth alone, the closest company is Bernard Arnault ($137.89B) — a reminder of how tightly bunched the very top of the wealth list really is.
Today, Françoise is worth an estimated $68.35B — #16 in the world on our real-time list, a figure that moves with OR.PA's share price.