Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | |
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Born | Françoise Bettencourt 10 July 1953 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Title | Chairwoman, L'Oréal |
Spouse(s) | Jean-Pierre Meyers |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | André Bettencourt Liliane Bettencourt |
Relatives | Eugène Schueller (grandfather) |
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz bɛtɑ̃kuʁ mɛjɛʁs]) is a French billionaire heiress and the richest woman in the world.[1]
Biography[]
Raised to be a strict Catholic,[2] she has written several Bible commentaries.[3] She is the only daughter and heiress of Liliane Bettencourt. She married Jean-Pierre Meyers, the grandson of a rabbi murdered at Auschwitz, and they raised their children Jean-Victor and Nicolas as Jewish.[3] Her marriage caused controversy because of her grandfather Eugène Schueller's trial for collaboration with the Nazi government; he was L'Oreal's founder.[4] Bettencourt Meyers and her family still own a 33% stake in the company.[5][1]
In 2008, she sued François-Marie Banier for taking money from her mother,[4] and she started proceedings to have her mother declared mentally incompetent. The revelations in the secret recordings that she used in evidence led to the Woerth-Bettencourt scandal.
In December 2010, Bettencourt Meyers announced that she had settled out of court with both her mother and Banier.[6]
Her mother died in September 2017 when her net worth was about $39.5 billion, which makes Bettencourt Meyers among the top 20 richest people in the world.
After a fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, Bettencourt Meyers and L'Oréal pledged $226 million to repair the cathedral.[7]
As of June 2021, she was the richest woman in the world, with an estimated fortune of $92.2 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[8] As of July 2021, she sustained the title with a net worth US$86.0 billion according to Bloomberg.[8]
Bibliography[]
- The Greek gods. Genealogy (Les Dieux grecs. Généalogies), Paris, éd.
- A look at the Bible (Regard sur la Bible), 5 vol., Introduction by Alain Decaux, Published, November 2008, awarded the (section « Spirituality ») in 2009:
- Words and expressions originating in the Bible
- From one Testament to the other, Judaism and Catholicism
- Family Tree of Adam Eve, and the Tribes of Israel
- Animals, Plants, Measures, money, and numbers in the Bible
- Genealogic section
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family". Forbes. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Meet the New 'World's Richest Woman,' a 64-Year-Old Expert on Greek Gods Who Shuns the Spotlight". Money. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Les Échos, December 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Guardian, 10 July 2010
- ^ "L'Oréal Finance : Share Ownership". www.loreal-finance.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ La Tribune December 2010.
- ^ "Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family". Forbes. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Francoise Bettencourt Meyers". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- 1953 births
- People from Neuilly-sur-Seine
- L'Oréal people
- 20th-century French non-fiction writers
- French businesspeople
- French billionaires
- Living people
- Bettencourt family
- Female billionaires