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Heiress to the L’Oréal cosmetics company, Frenchwoman Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, 70, became the first woman to accumulate a fortune of almost US$100 billion dollars. According to a ranking published by Forbes, businesswomen are among the women richest in the world.
Françoise, executive, philanthropist, writer and pianist, first appeared on the Forbes list in 2018, with a net worth of $42.2 billion (US$213,000 million) after the death of his mother, Liliane Bettencourt, who died in 2017.
In April of this year, L’Oréal shares soared after the company beat first-quarter sales expectations. At that time, the share price rose more than 5% in one day, leading Bettencourt Meyers to reach $100 billion.
Born in 1953, Françoise always challenged the cliche of the millionaire heiress, although she was destined to be one. Discreetly, he kept a life away from the press and made few public appearances in front of cameras, even as head of the largest cosmetics company in the world.
The businesswoman has been a member of the board of directors of L’Oréal since 1997.. The company operates in 130 countries, has a portfolio of 35 brands and its main markets are the United States, France, China, Germany and Brazil. The executive tripled her assets with investments that increased the value of the company’s shares on the stock market.
The richest woman in the world is characterized by her discretion, avoiding social events. His life continues with a low profile, dedicating hours daily to the piano and writing books: an extensive five-volume study of the Bible and a genealogy of the Greek gods.
In an interview with Le M magazine, Françoise stated that, despite her fortune, He prefers to live a more modest lifestyle, which includes living in an apartment, rather than a large mansion.. “I’m just a privileged woman,” she says. “But as you can see, I don’t live in a mansion. “We are not painting collectors and I do not wear jewelry.”
Bettencourt Meyers lives in a modern, contemporary-style building with two floors and large windows, relatively discreet compared to the old mansion where her parents lived and where she grew up, in the heart of the Parisian neighborhood of Saint James, in the exclusive city of Neuilly. – sur-Seine.
His fortune has not distorted his personal relationships and he has maintained long-standing friends., among whom Paris Match mentions the French actress and soprano Arielle Dombasle, Alain Pompidou and his wife Claude, his cousins, the Chalendars, or the businessman in the French pharmaceutical sector. . Jean-Marie Lefebvre.
Françoise likes to travel (she says she loves Italy and the United States) and instead of skiing in the elite Swiss resorts of Gstaad or Saint-Moritz, she prefers the luxurious but quiet Megève. As the French say, “pour vive hereux, vivons caches.” To live happily, let’s live hidden.
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