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Liliane Bettencourt

1922 - 2017

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Liliane Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt (French: [liljan ɑ̃ʁjɛt ʃaʁlɔt bɛtɑ̃kuʁ]; née Schueller; 21 October 1922 – 21 September 2017) was a French heiress, socialite and businesswoman. She was a board member and one of the principal shareholders of L'Oréal. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman, and the 14th richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$44.3 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liliane Bettencourt is the 89th most popular businessperson (down from 33rd in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from France (down from 398th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Businessperson.

Liliane Bettencourt is most famous for being the richest woman in the world. She inherited her fortune from her father, who created L'Oreal.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Liliane Bettencourt ranks 89 out of 847. Before her are Ray Kroc, Ron Dennis, Kiichiro Toyoda, Andrew Tate, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Stan Kroenke. After her are Stanley Rous, Li Ka-shing, Calouste Gulbenkian, Charles Koch, Jesse Livermore, and Paul Reuter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Liliane Bettencourt ranks 44. Before her are Stanley Cohen, Otto Carius, Nándor Hidegkuti, Julius Nyerere, Nikolay Basov, and Miguel Muñoz. After her are Arthur Ashkin, Jacques Piccard, Nils Liedholm, Leon M. Lederman, Ademir de Menezes, and Seymour Martin Lipset. Among people deceased in 2017, Liliane Bettencourt ranks 41. Before her are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Liu Xiaobo, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Mauno Koivisto, Tzvetan Todorov, and Louise Hay. After her are Emmanuelle Riva, Powers Boothe, Chester Bennington, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Albert Speer, and Kenneth Arrow.

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In France

Among people born in France, Liliane Bettencourt ranks 864 out of 6,770. Before her are François Bayrou (1951), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Pierre Méchain (1744), Arnaut Daniel (1150), and Theobald I of Navarre (1201). After her are Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Antoine Meillet (1866), Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Dora Maar (1907), and Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Liliane Bettencourt ranks 4. Before her are Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Bernard Arnault (1949), and Jules Rimet (1873). After her are Louis Vuitton (1821), Christophe Plantin (1520), Pierre Bergé (1930), François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771).

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