Record High of 56 Self-Made Female Billionaires GloballyNEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2017) – Coinciding with International Women’s Day, Forbes released today the World’s Self-Made Women Billionaires list. A record 56 self-made female billionaires around the world made the list this year, up from 42 in 2016. An all-time high of 25% of the world’s women billionaires are self-made, compared to 21% in 2016. She’s one of 29 self-made women billionaires in Asia. A record 56 self-made women are now billionaires, including the first-ever from countries like Vietnam and Japan,” said Luisa Kroll, Managing Editor of Wealth at Forbes Media.

Source: Forbes March 08, 2017 16:46 UTC