Richest women in France: the 2026 countdown
Amounts mentioned are estimates based on public sources and can vary depending on methodology (income, assets, debt) and update date.
Here is the updated ranking of the ten wealthiest French women. The article is now structured as a countdown from No. 10 to No. 1, with a visible Estimated net worth for every person and a short explanation of the main asset behind the fortune.
The methodology prioritizes the 2025 Challenges ranking of French professional fortunes, supplemented by Capital, Forbes/Yahoo News and Lama Fortune’s existing editorial tracking. The amounts are not audited wealth statements: they combine family stakes, company valuations, stock-market movements and editorial order-of-magnitude estimates.
Important: this table is not a line-by-line reproduction of the Forbes/Yahoo list, which focuses mainly on individual fortunes in dollars and places Carrie Perrodo, Tanya Saadé Zeenny, Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault and Marie Besnier Beauvalot in a different order. Here, when a recent source publishes the wealth at family level — as Challenges 2025 does for Dassault — we flag it as such and rank the most visible female representative of that branch.
| Rank | Person | Estimated net worth | Main asset |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 10 | Marie-Jeanne Meyer | €1.25 billion | Florac / Louis-Dreyfus heritage |
| No. 9 | Evelyne Gomez | €1.4 billion | Proman |
| No. 8 | Sophie Bellon | €3.9 billion | Sodexo |
| No. 7 | Ginette Moulin | €4.0 billion | Galeries Lafayette |
| No. 6 | Anne Beaufour | €4.55 billion | Ipsen |
| No. 5 | Ariane de Rothschild | €5.3 billion | Edmond de Rothschild |
| No. 4 | Carrie Perrodo | €9.1 billion | Perenco |
| No. 3 | Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette | €10 billion | Sonepar |
| No. 2 | Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault | €35.6 billion | Dassault Group (Challenges family fortune) |
| No. 1 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | €73.8 billion | L’Oréal |
10. Marie-Jeanne Meyer — Estimated net worth: €1.25 billion
Marie-Jeanne Meyer is connected to the Louis-Dreyfus dynasty. Through Florac, the family investment company, she has diversified capital across Europe and the United States. Her estimated net worth is €1.25 billion.
Marie-Jeanne Meyer
9. Evelyne Gomez — Estimated net worth: €1.4 billion
Evelyne Gomez enters the countdown thanks to Proman, the temporary staffing group she co-founded in Manosque with Roland Gomez. The company has grown into a major European human-resources player. Her estimated net worth of €1.4 billion reflects the scale of a discreet but powerful family business.
Evelyne Gomez, her husband and children
8. Sophie Bellon — Estimated net worth: €3.9 billion
Sophie Bellon is the daughter of Sodexo founder Pierre Bellon and now plays a central governance role at Sodexo. Her estimated net worth of €3.9 billion is mainly linked to the family stake in the services group.
Sophie Bellon
7. Ginette Moulin — Estimated net worth: €4.0 billion
Ginette Moulin represents the family behind Galeries Lafayette. The fortune combines retail, brand value and related family assets. Her estimated net worth is €4.0 billion.
Ginette Moulin
6. Anne Beaufour — Estimated net worth: €4.55 billion
Anne Beaufour’s fortune comes from Ipsen, the pharmaceutical group descended from Laboratoires Beaufour. Together with Henri Beaufour, she controls a key family stake. Her estimated net worth is €4.55 billion.
Anne Beaufour
5. Ariane de Rothschild — Estimated net worth: €5.3 billion
Ariane de Rothschild leads the Edmond de Rothschild private banking and asset-management group. Challenges highlights her unusual role as a female leader inside a historic banking dynasty. Her estimated net worth is €5.3 billion.
Ariane de Rothschild
4. Carrie Perrodo — Estimated net worth: €9.1 billion
Carrie Perrodo built Perenco with Hubert Perrodo. Forbes/Yahoo News continue to cite her among the richest French women. Lama Fortune uses an estimated net worth of €9.1 billion, consistent with the public dollar-based order of magnitude.
Carrie Perrodo
3. Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette — Estimated net worth: €10 billion
Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette chairs Sonepar, a global leader in electrical-equipment distribution. The company is less famous than luxury or cosmetics groups but very large in its market. Her estimated net worth is €10 billion.
Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette
2. Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault — Estimated net worth: €35.6 billion
Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault is one of the most visible women in the Dassault family. The wealth is tied to Dassault Aviation, Dassault Systèmes and other family assets. The Challenges 2025 estimate of €35.6 billion is a family and professional-fortune reading of Dassault wealth; in the more individualized Forbes/Yahoo reading, she appears behind Carrie Perrodo and Tanya Saadé Zeenny.
Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault
1. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers — Estimated net worth: €73.8 billion
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers remains the richest woman in France. After the luxury-and-beauty sector decline highlighted by Challenges in 2025, her professional fortune is estimated at €73.8 billion, mainly through the family’s roughly 34% stake in L’Oréal. Her lead over the rest of the French female ranking remains enormous.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
What the ranking shows
The list is dominated by family-controlled companies: cosmetics, aerospace, energy, pharmaceuticals, retail and services. It also shows that several women are not only heirs but active board leaders, executives or family stewards.
FAQ: wealthiest women in France
Who is the richest woman in France in 2026? Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in France, with an estimated net worth of about €73.8 billion in the 2025 Challenges ranking.
Why is the ranking a countdown? The countdown format runs from No. 10 to No. 1 so that the figures rise consistently toward the top fortune.
Are these exact fortunes? No. They are editorial estimates based on public rankings, company valuations and known family stakes. Some rows use a Challenges family-fortune reading when the recent source publishes wealth at group or family level; Yahoo/Forbes remains a useful individual comparison, not the sole ordering of this table.
Which sectors dominate the ranking? Beauty, aerospace, energy, pharmaceuticals, services and retail dominate the top French female fortunes.
Key takeaways
- This is a countdown from No. 10 to No. 1, ordered by estimated net worth in euros.
- Estimated net worth No. 1: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, around €73.8 billion in the 2025 Challenges ranking.
- Most top French female fortunes come from family-controlled groups such as L’Oréal, Dassault, Perenco, Sonepar, Ipsen, Sodexo and Galeries Lafayette.
- The method is editorial: it prioritizes professional and family fortunes tracked by Challenges 2025, while Yahoo/Forbes is used as a comparison for individual dollar-denominated fortunes.
Editorial methodology
The estimates published by Lama Fortune rely on public sources, media references, and sector comparisons. They are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial advice.