Françoise Betancour-Menars, the heir to the French cosmetic empire L'Oreal, set a new record, becoming the first woman whose wealth exceeded $ 100 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
L'Oreal's shares have reached a historic maximum on Thursday, and since the beginning of the year, the company's capitalization has increased by a third to $ 268 billion.
Thanks to this achievement of Betancour-Menars, which has approximately 35% of the company's shares, now ranks 12th in the ranking of the richest people in the world.
Among the French billionaires, Betancock-Menars was in second place, ahead of the founder of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arno ($ 179 billion).
Françoise is also headed by the Téthys Holding Company, which, in addition to participating in L'Oréal, is investing in the April Group insurance broker, the Elsan Private Hospital Network, and the Sezane trendy brand.
