MEET THE RICHEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD, A NIGERIAN IS AMONG THEM

We know that the richest woman on earth is Christy Walton of Walmart who has an estimated net worth is $37.9billion. Now, we are presenting to you ladies who control a fragment of the world with their wealth.

These women are all billionaires in dollars.Wealth-X had listed the women in seven regions - North America, Europe, Pacific, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa - then ranked those women against one another.

In North America, is Christy Walton of Walmart, reporting her estimated net worth is $37.9billion and Liliane Bettencourt, has an estimated net worth of $31.3billion

Europe's wealthiest woman and L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt of France, with an estimated $31.3billion net worth, Mining heiress Gina Reinhart of Australia has an estimated net worth of $14.8billion.

For Latin America, it was a three-way tie between Mexican sisters Vanessa Paola Slim Hajj, Maria Soumaya Slim de Romero, and Johanna Slim Ayub, who are thought to possess a net worth of $6.3billion individually.

Then, Folorunsho Alakija, of Nigeria has an estimated net worth of $1.2billion, and Yang Huiyan, right, is thought to have a net worth of $6.3billion

Yang Huiyan of China, the most affluent woman in the Pacific, is thought to also have a net worth of $6.3billion.