The wealth of the world’s richest woman, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, has grown enormously during the year.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers inherited L’Oreal when her mother died in 2017. CAROLINE BLUMBERG
L’Oreal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, 70, has made history according to Bloomberg magazine. Today, Meyers is the first woman with a fortune of more than $100 billion. In euros, the amount is approximately 90.3 billion.
On Thursday, December 28, Meyers joined the ranks of the 12th richest person. Ahead of him are, among others, the CEO of Tesla Elon MuskCEO of LVMH Bernard Arnault and the founder of the Amazon online store Jeff Bezos.
CNN– magazine, the reason behind the increase in the value of Meyers’ property is L’Oreal’s best year of growth since 1998. The company’s share value has risen by 35 percent. According to the magazine, the company’s success has been influenced, among other things, by the fact that the company started investing in luxury products after the pandemic.
Kauppalehtin according to L’Oreal’s market value is currently 241 billion euros. Meyers currently owns 35 percent of the company.
Meyers has been married by Jean Pierre-Meyers75, with since 1984. Sons of the richest woman in the world Jean-Victor37, and Nicholas35, sit on L’Oreal’s board.
Meyers is by Liliane Bettencourt only child. Meyers inherited L’Oreal after her mother’s death in 2017. The world’s leading cosmetics brand was originally founded by a pharmacist Eugene Schueller in 1908.
Before inheriting L’Oreal, Meyers ran his family’s Bettencourt Schueller Foundation and forged a career as an academic. In addition, he published books on Greek mythology and Jewish-Christian relations.