Francoise Bettencourt Meyers

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in the world and the granddaughter of L'Oreal's founder.Bettencourt Meyers and her family own 33% of L'Oreal stock, which recorded its best sales growth in more than a decade in 2018.She has served on L'Oreal's board since 1997 and is chairwoman of the family holding company.Together, L'Oreal and Bettencourt Meyers' family foundation are donating $226 million to repair Notre Dame cathedral following the April 2019 fire.She became France's reigning L'Oreal Heiress in 2017 when her mother Liliane Bettencourt, then the world's richest woman, died at age 94.Bettencourt Meyers serves as the president of her family's philanthropic foundation, which encourages French progress in the sciences and arts.