The richest self-made women in the world

Forbes said out of the world's 1011 billionaires, only 14 are women who earned their fortunes, rather than inherited them.

By contrast, 665 men are self-made billionaires including the three richest people in the world, Carlos Slim Helu, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

Among the 14 women, who represent just two per cent of all self-made billionaires, at least five of them started their business with their husbands, brothers or sometimes both.

Text: PTI

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