Yang Huiyan – $33.6 Billion
Yang inherited her father, Yang Guoqiang’s company, Country Garden Holdings, a real estate business that has a lot of connections. This inheritance pushed Yang to become the richest woman on the Asian continent. After acquiring the business, Yang started selling shares and within a short time, they amassed an estimated $400 million. This sale venture did a lot for Yang as within the first few trading days of the year, her estimated net worth grew by over $2 billion.
Yang Huiyan 33 Point 6 Billion Dollars
Susanne Klatten – $29.7 Billion
Susanne, like many women on this list, stepped in luck as she is an heiress who inherited her family’s business when her parents passed away. This pushed her to become the richest woman in Germany. The company, BMW, is currently owned by her and her brother. To add more juice to the story, BMW was not the only powerful business inherited as she was also given the family’s pharmaceutical company, Atlanta AG, which she initially sold for $6 billion.
Susanne Klatten 29 Point 7 Billion Dollars
