3Margarita Louis-Dreyfus – $9.5 Billion
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is the widow of Robert Louis Dreyfus, the man that headed the Paris based branch of Louis Dreyfus Group, the global conglomerate company that is involved in agriculture, oil, energy and commodities, as well as international shipping.
She and Robert met on a plane and got married in 1992.
He died of leukemia in 2009 and she took over the company. Robert was also the CEO of Adidas.
Since that moment, Margarita took over the company and did lots of good changes like selling the company’s energy trading business in 2012, raising capital on the public bond markets, and publicly declaring her intentions to up her stake.
At this moment, her net worth is estimated to be $ 9.5 Billion.
