How many women are on the Forbes Rich List?

The richest Spanish women's wealth amounts to €24,125 million

L to R: Sandra Ortega, Emilia Botín,
Duchess of Alba

SPAIN -- The annual Forbes Rich List, in its Spanish variant and in the worldwide version, is predominantly male. There are only eight women on the worldwide list of the 50 richest people, mostly heiresses and their families (Christy Walton & family, Alice Walton, Liliane Bettencourt & family, Jacqueline Mars, Laurene Powell Jobs & family, Anne Cox Chambers, Gina Reinhart and Christy Walton & family, Alice Walton, Liliane Bettencourt & family, Jacqueline Mars, Laurene Powell Jobs & family, Anne Cox Chambers, Gina Reinhart and Suzanne Klatten. In order to create the Spanish Rich List, the magazine studies two basic sources: the Companies Registry through its Informa private data bank and the Stock Exchange Commission, both in Madrid. It does not count fortunes in jewelry or personal properties, nor bank accounts. The ten richest women in Spain are (in order of wealth):

Sandra Ortega (€5.250 million), daughter of Amancio Ortega (Inditex), heiress to his first wife
Ana Botín & brothers (€3.450 millones), daughter of Emilio Botín (Banco Santander), his heiress
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, Duchess of Alba (€2.800 million), heiress par excellence
María José Guil Navarro & family (€2.000 million), widow of Isidoro Álvarez (El Corte Inglés)
Sol Daurella Comadrán (€1.700 million)
Alicia Koplowitz (€1.600 million), daughter of FCC founder
Helena Revoredo (€1.550 million), widow of Herberto Gut (Prosegur)
Carlota Areces y familia (€1.000 million), sister of  Luis Areces (El Corte Inglés)
Esther Koplowitz (€900 million), daughter of FCC founder
Tita Cervera, Baroness Thyssen (€900 million), widow of Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza