Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the richest person in the world? You could use your money for good, go on endless shopping sprees, fly private jets, or splurge on ridiculously expensive finds. Sometimes people fall down the Google rabbit hole looking to find out who’s the wealthiest person in the world. In particular, you might even wonder who are the richest women in the world. This is a list for billionaires — those people with so much money it’s actually a little hard for the average person to conceptualize. From business tycoons to legacy silver spoon progeny, here’s a list of the eight richest women in the world. You might be surprised to find that more than half the list is composed of Americans. 1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers ($90.1B): A Business Built on Beauty If you’ve ever walked down a drugstore beauty aisle, you’re very familiar with Francoise Bettencourt Meyers’ company. She’s the granddaughter of the founder of L’Oreal. Yes, that L’Oreal of beauty...
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Around here, Financial Literacy Month is every month, and I’ve applied financial hacks to help seven-figure businesses. Without resources, applying hacks may not be the most beneficial, but in this article, I’m going to outline resources you can apply to your daily life. So, let’s get started!
As part of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting some of the most powerful Black women who you may not have heard of. To that end, we sat down with Sandra Richards, Head of Global Sports, Entertainment, and Segment Sales at Morgan Stanley. Background Born and raised in Long Island, NY to Jamaican parents, Richards went on to earn both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Seton Hall University. She had initially planned to attend law school but ended up pursuing several opportunities outside the legal industry. “I had an opportunity to work at the Jackie Robinson Foundation. And I worked there for five years before coming to Morgan Stanley. When I joined Morgan Stanley, I joined their wealth management space with our Wealth Management Studies in the diversity and inclusion area for our global wealth managers space,” Richards said. “Now, I run our global Sports and Entertainment Group as of 2018,” she added. Why She Loves Her Role “I think the most rewarding part is certainly...