Alice Walton is the world’s richest woman — and just joined the $100 billion club

Meanwhile, Bettencourt Meyers holds about 35% of the world’s largest cosmetics company, which owns brands including Garnier and Maybelline. She inherited the stake from her mother, Liliane Bettencourt, who died in 2017.

Crossing the $100 billion mark means Alice Walton now belongs to an elite group of fewer than 20 centibillionaires that includes Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett.

Walton and Bettencourt Meyers are two of several heiresses near the top of Bloomberg’s list, including Jacqueline Badger Mars and Abigail Johnson, whose grandfathers founded Mars and Fidelity Investments, respectively.