Hortensia Herrero

Hortensia Herrero owns nearly 28% of Mercadona, the Spanish supermarket chain she helped build with her husband Juan Roig (also a billionaire).Herrero, who serves as vice president, was part of the group that bought the company from Roig's father back in 1981, when it had 8 small stores.Herrero and Roig's four daughters are board members of Mercadona; Roig's brother Fernando is also a shareholder and billionaire.Mercadona, which is privately owned, has just over 1600 stores, employs 79,000 people, and plans to open stores in Portugal possibly in 2019.The company shares 25% of its pretax profit with employees.