 Richest women from developing countries

1 Alice Louise Walton

 (born October 7, 1949) is an American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores,

Inc. She is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister
of S. Robson Walton, Jim Walton and the late John T. Walton. As of May 2018, Walton
had a net worth of $42.5 billion, making her the wealthiest woman in the world
with Françoise Bettencourt Meyers following as the 18th-richest person in the world.

In September 2016, she was reported to own over US$11 billion in Walmart shares.
Walton was born in Newport, Arkansas. She graduated from Trinity University in San
Antonio, Texas, with a B.A. in economics and finance
2 Jacqueline Mars 

(Born October 10, 1939) is an American heiress and investor. She is the daughter of

Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars,

founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. As of June 2018, Mars

was ranked by Forbes as the 38th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $23.2

billion.

Jacqueline Mars was born on October 10, 1939. She attended and graduated from the

boarding school Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. graduated from Bryn

Mawr College  in 1961 with a degree in anthropology

3 Laurene Powell Jobs

 (Born November 6, 1963) is an American businesswoman, executive and the founder

of Emerson Collective, which advocates for policies concerning education and

immigration reform, social justice and environmental conservation. She is also co-

founder and president of the board of College Track, which prepares disadvantaged

high school students for college.[4] Powell Jobs resides in Palo Alto, California, with her

three children. She is the widow and heir of Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO

of Apple Inc. She manages the Laurene Powell Jobs Trust

4 Abigail Pierrepont Johnson

(Born December 19, 1961) is an American businesswoman. Since 2014, Johnson has
been president and chief executive officer of US investment firm Fidelity
Investments (FMR), and chairman of its international sister company Fidelity
International (FIL). Fidelity was founded by her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II. Her
father Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III remains chairman emeritus of FMR. As of March
2013, the Johnson family owned a 49% stake in the company, with Johnson herself
holding an estimated 24.5%

In November 2016, Johnson was named chairman and will remain CEO and president,
giving her full control of Fidelity with 45,000 employees worldwide. Johnson's wealth is
approximately $16.5 billion, making her one of the world's wealthiest women.
 1. Savitri Devi Jindal

 (Born 20 March 1950) is an Indian businesswoman. She is the Chairperson Emiretus,

Jindal Steel & Power Limited. She was born to a family in Tinsukia, Assam. In 1970 she
married O.P. Jindal, who had founded the Jindal Group, a steel and power
conglomerate.

Savitri Jindal was a Minister in Haryana Government and member of the Haryana

Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) from Hisar constituency. She lost the seat in
elections held in 2014 for the Haryana assembly. She became the chairperson after her
husband, O.P. Jindal, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005. [4] She is a member of
the INC political party.
 2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

(Born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the chairperson and

managing director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore,
India and the chairperson of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.In 2014, she
was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal, for outstanding contributions to the progress of
science and chemistry. She is on the Financial Times’ top 50 women in business list.[ In
2015, she was listed as the 85th most powerful woman in the world
by Forbes. Forbes again listed her in 2016 and 2017 - the most powerful women in the
world at 77th and 71st position respectively.

Before Mazumdar could move, she met Leslie Auchincloss, founder of Biocon

Biochemicals Limited, of Cork, Ireland. Auchincloss's company produced enzymes for
use in the brewing, food-packaging and textile industries. Auchincloss was looking for
an Indian entrepreneur to help establish an Indian subsidiary. Mazumdar agreed to
undertake the job on the condition that if she did not wish to continue after six months
she would be guaranteed a brewmaster's position comparable to the one she was
giving up
 3. Anu Aga

Anu aga (born 1942) is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and social worker who

led Thermax, an energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson from

1996 to 2004. She had figured among the eight richest Indian women, and in 2007 was

part of 40 Richest Indians by net worth according to Forbes magazine. She was

awarded with the Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by ALL Ladies

League, the all ladies wing of Assocham.

After retiring from Thermax, she took to social work, and In 2010 she was awarded

the Padma Shri for Social Work by the Government of India. She is currently

Chairperson of Teach For India. She was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the Upper House

of Indian Parliament on 26 April 2012, by President Pratibha pati

 Richest women from under-developed countries

 1 Shefali chowdhury

Shefali Chowdhury  (Bengali born 20 June 1988) is a British actress

of Bangladeshi descent best known for playing the role of Parvati Patil in the Harry
Potter film series, except for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), in which
the character is played by Sitara Shah.

Chowdhury is known for her performances as Parvati Patil in four of the Harry

Potter films, starting with 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She acquired the
role when she was in her last year at the Waverley School in Birmingham. She
and Afshan Azad, (who played the character of Chowdhury's twin sister Padma Patil)
are also good friends, according to Azad

2 Wendy Appelbaum
She served as the Co Founder and Deputy Chairman of Women’s Investment Portfolio
Limited (Wiphold), the first women-controlled company to list on the Johannesburg
Securities Exchange, with assets in excess of R1 billion ($150 million). She was the
Deputy chairperson of the Connection Group Limited, a South Africa’s leading computer
and technology retailers.She was a Director at Liberty Investors, an insurance and real
estate firm that is a holding company of the Liberty Group.

In 2003 along with her husband, Hylton Appelbaum, she purchased De Morgenzon, a
wine farm and agricultural business in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

3 Sonam Pelden
ServisHero is a Malaysia-based on-demand services provider. Users can order a dozen
local services, from taxis to home cleaning, through its smartphone app. Last year, the
company raised $2.7 million from Golden Gate Ventures, Cradle Seed Ventures and
YTL Group among others. It has since expanded into Singapore and Thailand. Prior to
ServisHero, Sonam worked with the Economist in New York, the United Nations and the
Asian Development Bank. She holds a MBA from the University of Oxford and studied
neuroscience and economics at Brown University.