1. Alice Walton - 111.4 billion USD
Alice Walton is the only daughter of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart (who died in 1992). She focuses on art collecting and charitable activities, rather than joining the Walmart board like her two brothers Rob and Jim.
In 2011, the billionaire opened the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, which displays the works of artists including Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and Mark Rothko.
In July 2025, Walton welcomed the first course of 48 four-year MD program students at her new Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville.
2. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and his family - 87.1 billion USD
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the niece of founder L'Oreal.
Bettencourt Meyers and her family own more than a third of the publicly listed cosmetics group.
She has served on the board of L'Oreal since 1997, but in February announced that she would retire in 2025.
She became the heir to France's L'Oreal in 2017 when her mother, Liliane Bettencourt - then the richest woman in the world - passed away at the age of 94.
Bettencourt Meyers is also the chairman of the family charity fund, which promotes France's development in the fields of science and arts.
Together with L'Oreal, Bettencourt Meyers' family has agreed to donate $226 million to restore Notre Dame Cathedral after the fire in 2019.
3. Julia Koch and his family - 81.2 billion USD
Julia Koch and her three children inherited 42% of their shares in Koch, Inc. (formerly Koch Industries) from her husband, David Koch, who died in 2019 at the age of 79.
As a Iowa native, Koch moved to New York City in the 1980s and worked as an assistant to fashion designer Adolfo. She has worked with many of his famous customers, including First Lady Nancy Reagan.
Julia met David through an eye meeting in 1991; They coincidentally met again six months later, started dating and got married in 1996.
In February 2024, Julia Koch Family Foundation donated $75 million to the Julia Koch Family Outpatient Care Center at NYU Langone's West Palm Beach facility.
In June 2024, Koch and her three children spent nearly $700 million to buy a 15% stake in BSE Global, a company that owns the NBA Brooklyn Nets and the WNBA New York Liberty.
