A record 172 women made 2014 Forbes Magazine Billionaires list, up 25 per cent from last year.
Forty-two of the 268 newcomers to the list are women, including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Folorunsho Alakija, who became Nigeria's first female billionaire after striking it rich with an oil business.
Folorunsho Alakija was joined on the list by 46-year-old British gambling magnate Denise Coates, who started Bet365 and is worth $1.6billion.
Sheryl Sandberg,Folorunsho Alakija and Denise Coates are three of five newcomers to the list - and just 32 of the total 172 female billionaires - who are self-made.
The youngest billionaire in the world is also a woman. 24-year-old Perenna Kei became China's new billionaire in December 2013 when Logan Property Holdings went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Perenna Kei has an 85 % stake in the company, more than her 47-year-old father Ji Haipeng who is chairman.
Forty-two of the 268 newcomers to the list are women, including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Folorunsho Alakija was joined on the list by 46-year-old British gambling magnate Denise Coates, who started Bet365 and is worth $1.6billion.
Sheryl Sandberg,Folorunsho Alakija and Denise Coates are three of five newcomers to the list - and just 32 of the total 172 female billionaires - who are self-made.
The youngest billionaire in the world is also a woman. 24-year-old Perenna Kei became China's new billionaire in December 2013 when Logan Property Holdings went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Perenna Kei has an 85 % stake in the company, more than her 47-year-old father Ji Haipeng who is chairman.
WORLD'S RICHEST WOMEN
- Number 9: Christy Walton - At the top, and the only woman to make it into the top 10, Christy Walton is worth $36.7billion thanks to inheriting part of the Wal-Mart family fortune when her husband, founder Sam Walton's son John T. Walton, died.
- Number 11: Liliane Bettencourt - In second place, and worth $34.5billion, the L'Oreal heiress remains France's richest person. The 91-year-old's fortune increased this year as the company's stock surged. She gave up directly running the business years ago.
- Number 13: Alice Walton - The third richest woman is another Walton family member, worth $34.3billion. The daughter of visionary retailer Sam Walton, she is Christy's sister-in-law.She opened her Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas in 2011, featuring works from her own private collection.
- Number 46: Gina Rinehart - In fourth place, Gina Rinehart, is an Australian mining heiress, worth $17.7billion. The billionairess has tumbled 10 places in this year's list, despite seeing her wealth increase. In 2011, the boom in the mining industry dramatically increased the size of her wealth, leading many to speculate she could have claimed the top spot as the world's richest person.
- Number 49: Susanne Klatten - The world's fifth richest woman is Germany's wealthiest female, Susanne Klatten, estimated to be worth $17.4billion. She inherited a 12.6 per cent share in BMW from her late father Herbert Quandt. Together with her brother and mother, the family own a 50 per cent share of the automobile company.
- Number 687: Folorunsho Alakija - Nigeria's first female billionaire, is estimated to be worth $2.5billion after striking it rich with an oil business.
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