Billionaire women have more wealth than ever before, but market shocks caused by the tariff policy of US President Donald Trump have already started the dents of fortunes worldwide, according to one New analysis By Financial Research Platform Trading Pedia.
Reference Forbes’ Real -time billionaire list, The report showed that the number of female billionaires worldwide reached a record 390 from May 2025, with a combined capacity of more than $ 1.99 trillion. However, the profits come with increasing volatility. In just two days after Trump’s latest rate announcement and the resulting stock market market DOP, global billionaires saw a collective $ 536 billion wiped out of their assets.
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“Female billionaires now make up 13.5 percent of all billionaires worldwide,” said Trading Pedia analysts. “Their presence has grown considerably, although recent events show how vulnerable this wealth remains for macro -economic shocks.”
The United States remain the home base of the largest share of ultra-rich women, with 120 female billionaires with a combined $ 878 billion, around 30.8 percent of all female billionaires worldwide. Seven out of ten richest women in the world are American.
Germany is in second place with 46 women on the list, while China follows 43. Europe as a whole accounts for 129 female billionaires, who jointly control around $ 598.4 billion or 30.1 percent of the global female billionaire rich dommair.
Top Female billionaire: Alice Walton
Alice Walton, Walmart’s philanthropist founder Sam Walton, retains her position as the world’s richest woman, with an estimated net value of $ 99.3 billion. Other prominent female billionaires come from Germany, China and Italy, who organize 47, 43 and 22 women respectively with a capacity of $ 1 billion or more.
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Most female billionaires live in North America, Europe and Asia in regions. In North America, women accounts for around 13.9 percent of the billionaires of the region (134 individuals), compared to 17 percent in Europe (129 women) and 10.3 percent in Asia (105 women).
The female billionaires of Australia: a small but growing force
Although the global increase in female billionaires shows encouraging growth, the landscape of Australia remains more concentrated and traditional. Forbes’ 2024 list of the 50 richest in Australia It reveals that only nine women have made the cut and reflect a persistent gender gap in the accumulation of wealth. Most of these women have inherited their fortunes from family businesses that are anchored in mining, packaging and related sectors. Gina Rinehart, the richest citizen of Australia and executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting, leads the peloton with a capacity of $ 29 billion, largely from the iron ore empire of her family.
However, there is a shift on the rise. Melanie Perkins, co-founder of the hugely successful design software company Canva, is in sixth place on the list and stands out as a rare home-made billionaire. Since the launch of Canva in 2013, Perkins and her husband Cliff Obrecht have built a company with a value of billions, causing traditional industries with innovative technology.
Together, the richest Tycoons in Australia saw their fortunes increase by $ 9 billion in the past year, giving the total combined wealth to $ 222 billion. The female billionaires, although less in number, have important interests in their respective industries and combine hereditary wealth with entrepreneurial companies. This mix indicates a slow but steady progress to a greater female display in the highest echelons of wealth in Australia.
Billionaire count dips in April
Despite the record high in May, the female billionaire count fell nearly 4 percent month on a month. In April 2025 there were 16 fewer women on the Forbes list compared to March, as a result of the financial toll of recent global uncertainties.
The findings of TradingPedia are based on data from the Forbes Real-time Billionaires list from 15 April 2025. The full report, including methodology and visualizations, is available on the Trading Pedia website. The organization encourages attributing and direct link to their original work when quoting these figures.
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