26Yang Huiyan
China's richest woman is Yang Huiyan who has a net worth of almost 6 billion US dollars. Her wealth comes from a 70% stake in property development firm Country Garden, which her father, a former peasant bricklayer, gifted her in 2005.
27. Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs' widow is the single largest individual shareholder in Disney, owning more than $12 billion in company stock.
28. As of 2018, Samsung's chairman Lee Kun-hee is in a coma since 2014, yet he still holds the title.
29. Gina Rinehart, the richest woman in Australia does not have a post-secondary degree and is involved in Australian politics and the gold mining business.
30. In 2013, one tweet from billionaire investor Carl Icahn resulted in a $17 billion increase in Apple's market capital in 60 minutes.
