Forbes’ annual list of the world’s richest people featured a record number of women in 2019 – 244 compared with 242 in 2018. To put this year’s figure in perspective, the overall list had 2153 names.
The world’s wealthiest woman was Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, who ranked No 15 on the
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