3. Laurene Powell Jobs Net worth: $15.6 billion
The widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the largest individual shareholder in Disney. Because of her husband, the late Steve Jobs sizable stake in Apple and Disney she is one of the wealthiest females.
In 1985 she earned her bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
Soon after that, after she married Jobs, Powell Jobs also co-founded Terravera, a natural foods company.
Ms. Powell Jobs has a net worth of about $11.5 billion, according to Bloomberg making her one of the richest females in history.