Female Billionaires: Nowhere Comes Close To China
49 out of the 73 self-made richest women in the world come from China, according to the latest edition of the Hurun report. Altogether, those 49 women have a combined wealth of $95 billion. Zhou Qunfei, founder of touchscreen company Lens Technology, is the richest self-made woman in the world - her wealth comes to $7.8 billion. The United States is in second place with 15 female self-made billionaires who have a total combined wealth of just under $29 billion.