Some female billionaires inherited their fortunes but there are only few who gained their money by working for it. Below, some of female billionaires and also their characteristics:
1. OPRAH WINFREY (NET WORTH $2.4 BILLION)
She was born in Mississippi, she was shuffled around to live with her grandparents due to
both her parents were enduring poverty and hardship. Later on, she graduated from
Tennessee State University then she started her first broadcasting career in Nashville. After
that, she relocated Baltimore and eventually settled in Chicago where Harpo Studios is
located today. She is successful in her own television show, magazine, and also TV network.
By those business, she has earned billions with a net worth that is daily growing.
2. DORIS FISHER (NET WORTH: $2.5 BILLION)
Doris Fisher started to achieve her fortune in 1969. She opened her first Gap store in San
Francisco. During that time, her brand has grown and later on her brand become an
international jean magnate. In 2004, Fisher shared his business - her own shares to her three
sons. it took a determination lifetime but she is now one of the wealthiest women in America.
3. ZHANG XIN (NET WORTH: $2 BILLION)
She is a real estate business woman. She graduated her degree at Cambridge University
before starting Soho China in order to develop property in China with her husband. Her
husband gave his shares in Soho China in 2005 then bringing this 44 years old woman to
become $2 billion woman.
4. MARGARET WHITMAN (NET WORTH $1.3 BILLION)
This woman wanted to be a doctor after being a student in Princeton. Margaret even took
many of the compulsory subjects in accordance to her program but she changed her mind and
she made decision to study economics. in 1977, she graduated her study then later continued
at Harvard and took MBA program then started her career at Procter and Gamble. Later, she
worked with Disney, StrideRite and FTD before taking on a job heading up marketing for a
small start-up auction website and today, that website is known Ebay. In 2008, she decided to
resign from her position then she pursued her political passion in November 2010's election
for California Governor by supports from the Republican Party.
5. J. K. ROWLING (NET WORTH $1 BILLION)
She is a writer and i believe that you know her. Harry Potter??
She wrote the first book in the popular series, and she wrote it while her daughter was taking
naps. She lives in the U.K. By the Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, she got attention
and she won awards. Later on, in 1998, that Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone was
published in the U.S. After the publishing, Harry Potter become theme park opening at
Universal Studio at Orlando, U.S. She sits on a billion dollars once an unemployed single
mother. Cool.
