World’s Richest Woman Dies At 94

This file photo taken on January 26, 2011 shows French Billionaire L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt speaking following the Franck Sorbier Spring-Summer 2011 Haute Couture Collection Show in Paris. Photo: FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP

L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the world’s richest woman, has died at the age of 94, her family said.

“Liliane Bettencourt died last night at home,” her daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyers said in a statement. “My mother left peacefully.”

Bettencourt ranked as the 14th richest person in the world, according to Forbes magazine, which estimated her net worth in March at $39.5 billion (33 billion euros).

AFP