The richest women in the world. Story highlights. Nearly a quarter of world's billionaires are women, with combined wealth of $9. Wealth- X has compiled a list of the wealthiest women in each region. Topping the list in North America - - and globally - - is Christy Walton worth $3.

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CNN)There are 2,3. Wealth- X and UBS Billionaire Census 2. With a combined wealth of $9. Of the 2. 86 female billionaires identified, only 1.

The U. S. is currently home to the highest number of self- made female billionaires - - but future billionaires creating their own fortunes are predicted to come primarily from emerging markets. These wealthy women have an average age of 6. Walmart and cosmetics giant L'Oreal. Below, CNN reveals the women at the pinnacle of the rich list in each of the world's regions. The wealthiest woman in North America is Christy Walton. As the widow of John Walton, son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, Christy Walton inherited a portion of the retail fortune following her husband's death in 2.

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With an estimated worth of $3. In recent years, Walton has stepped into the world of film production, bankrolling 2. Bless Me, Ultima," based on the controversial novel by Rudolfo Anaya. Globally, the U. S.

It boasts 6. 09 of the world's richest people. The oldest female on the list is L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, who turned 9. Aged just 1. 5, Bettencourt joined her father's cosmetics company as an apprentice and today her $3. Europe, and the second richest female in the world.

Europe is home to more billionaires than any other region, with 7. Australasia's wealthiest woman is mining heiress Gina Rinehart. Described by Forbes as the "queen of the global iron- ore trade," the 6. Hancock Prospecting and is worth an estimated $1.

Rinehart has now expanded her portfolio beyond mining with significant shares in Australian media organizations Fairfax Media and Ten Network Holdings. Vanessa, Maria and Johanna Slim are daughters of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and are the richest women in Latin America. The sisters have reportedly been receiving increments of their father's fortune since 2. The sisters have been active in their father's philanthropy foundations, but not the family business, according to Institutional Investor. At 3. 3- years- old, Yang Huiyan is the youngest female on the list as well as being the richest woman in Asia. Having reportedly received 7. Chinese real estate firm Country Garden from her father in 2.

Huiyan is now worth an estimated $6. Yang is vice chairman of the board's governance committee and helped raise $4. Forbes. U. S.- born Israeli Shari Arison is the wealthiest woman in the Middle East after inheriting a fortune from father Ted Arison, founder of the Carnival Corporation cruise company. She now owns Arison investments, the controlling shareholder of Israeli bank Hapoalim. Arison has also invested in water company Miya, which aims to maximize the efficiency of water distribution in urban areas. Forty of the world's billionaires live in Africa. The richest woman on the continent is Nigerian oil, fashion, and printing tycoon Folorunsho Alakija.

The self- made billionaire, whose entrepreneurial career started tailoring, now owns Famfa Oil and is worth an estimated $1.