Bloomberg named the richest woman in the world

The richest woman in the world was the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Mackenzie Scott. Her fortune reached $ 68 billion, according to data from the rating of the richest people from the Bloomberg Agency.
In second place is Francoise Bettencourt-Myers, who owns L’oreal. Her net worth is estimated at $ 66.8 billion. In the overall list of the richest people on the planet, Mackenzie Scott ranks 12th, and Bettencourt-Myers-13th, RIA Novosti writes.

Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott divorced in 2019. The woman received a four percent stake in Amazon worth $ 38 billion.

Earlier it was reported that the fortune of the world’s richest man – Jeff Bezos-reached 199.7 billion dollars. According to Forbes magazine, this is a record figure for a businessman. For two years, Jeff Bezos has been at the top of the list of the wealthiest people. He is followed by Microsoft co-founder bill gates ($115.5 billion) and CEO of the French LVMH group of companies Bernard Arnault ($113.2 billion).