Bettencourt

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  Who Is Alice Walton, World's Richest Woman With $102 Billion Fortune

  With a $102 billion fortune, Walmart heir Alice Walton is the richest woman on the Forbes Billionaire List 2025. Ms Walton, 75, overtook French L'Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, who held the title last year.

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  First Female Centi-Billionaire? World's Richest Woman May Soon Be Worth $100 Billion

  This surge in her wealth is attributed to Walmart's stock price increasing by 44% this year, resulting in a $25 billion jump in her net worth.

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  The First Woman With $100 Billion Fortune, World's 12th Richest, Is...

  Francoise Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France's expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.

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  Mukesh Ambani Races Toward World's Exclusive $100 Billion Wealth Club

  Mukesh Ambani is closing in on LOreals Francoise Bettencourt Meyers at $92.9 billion, as both move closer to a rarefied group of men with fortunes of $100 billion.

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  L'Oreal Heiress, World's Richest Woman, Dies At 94

  L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the world's richest woman whose old age was clouded by dementia, has died at the age of 94, her family said Thursday.

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  Daughter of L'Oreal Tycoon Takes the Stand in 'Exploitation' Trial

  Liliane Bettencourt's daughter, who triggered a probe into the alleged exploitation of the elderly L'Oreal heiress, told a French court today that her mother's closest confidant was a "con man" bent on destroying her family.

• Judge who charged Nicolas Sarkozy with exploiting France's richest woman receives bullet in post

  One of three judges who charged former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with exploiting France's richest woman, has received a bullet in the mail. Jean-Michel Gentil received a death threat along with a blank cartridge by post, said a statement on the French magistrates' union website.

• France's Nicolas Sarkozy officially being investigated for illegal donations

  A judge on Thursday filed preliminary charges against former President Nicolas Sarkozy in a campaign finance case, formally placing him under investigation over allegations that he illegally took donations from France's richest woman on way to his 2007 election victory.

• Nicolas Sarkozy judge mistook hostage for billionaire: Lawyer

  A judge investigating Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign funding mistook a Colombian hostage for a billionaire backer of France's right-wing party when he queried a meeting in the ex-president's diary, a lawyer for Sarkozy said.

• Nicolas Sarkozy in court over illegal donations suspicions

  Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went before a judge on Thursday to respond to suspicions that he illegally accepted donations from France's richest woman to fund his 2007 election campaign.

• France's richest woman sues estranged daughter over 'abuse'

  France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, has lodged a suit against her only daughter alleging psychological abuse, one of the multi-billionaire's lawyers said.Lawyer Pascal Wilhelm announced the civil case against Francoise Meyers-Bettencourt after the estranged daughter tried for a third time to have her 87-year-old mother deem...

• Financial scam: French cops question L'Oreal heiress

  The heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune was questioned on Monday by French investigators in a probe into her finances that has embroiled President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

• French heiress vs daughter and political intrigue

  An aging heiress. An angry daughter. A society photographer. A renegade butler and an embittered accountant. Secret tapes. A famous company with a nasty past and long political connections. An unpopular president and a cabinet minister with a taste for money, and tales of illegal cash donations in envelopes. This romantic stew is known as the "Bett...

• Sarkozy minister embroiled in secret tapes scandal

  A scandal over secretly taped conversations involving France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, threatened on Sunday to engulf a high-profile minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet.