3. Laurene Powell Jobs ($17.7 billion)
Laurene Powell Jobs is the founder and chairman of Emerson Collective. It is an organization that uses entrepreneurship to advance social reform and to assist under-resourced students.
Her late husband, the legendary Steve Jobs, left her with large stakes in Apple and Disney. When he passed away in 2011, she chose different path of entrepreneurship. She has been keeping her low profile ever since.
The 52-years-old widow uses her wealth to promote social causes through her organizations. Her influential work put her as the 49th most powerful woman in the world.
She is now living in Palo Alto, California. She owns a total of $17.7 billion net worth. This put her as the 44th billionaire in the world and the 24th in United States.
