Meet the richest women in the world who are collectively worth $114.6billion – a third of which belongs to Walmart’s Christy Walton

The richest women in the world – all of whom are billionaires – have been announced.

Wealth-X listed the extremely wealthy women in a Wednesday release.

The website determined the most affluent women by net worth in seven regions – North America, Europe, Pacific, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa – then ranked those women against one another.

Wealth-X found that the richest woman in the world, as well as in North America, is Christy Walton of Walmart, reporting her estimated net worth is $37.9billion.

Wealthy women: Christy Walton, left, has an estimated net worth of $37.9billion, and Liliane Bettencourt, right, has an estimated net worth of $31.3billion

Next up is Europe’s wealthiest woman and L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt of France, with an estimated $31.3billion net worth, according to the website.

Mining heiress Gina Reinhart of Australia took the title of most affluent woman in the Pacific, with an estimated net worth of $14.8billion, Wealth-X reported.

For Latin America, it was a three-way tie between Mexican sisters Vanessa Paola Slim Hajj, Maria Soumaya Slim de Romero, and Johanna Slim Ayub, who are thought to possess a net worth of $6.3billion individually, the website found.

Making money: Mining heiress Gina Reinhart, left, has an estimated net worth of $14.8billion, and Maria Soumaya Slim de Romero, right, is thought to be worth $6.3billion – just like her two sisters

Rich: Folorunsho Alakija, left, of Nigeria has an estimated net worth of $1.2billion, and Yang Huiyan, right, is thought to have a net worth of $6.3billion

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