Pizza. Packaging. Pop music. The country’s most successful women have found dozens of ways to prosper. It was a record-breaking year for these queens of capitalism, as their combined fortunes soared by nearly one-fourth, to $154 billion. There are now a record 31 self-made women billionaires, up from 24 a year ago. Among the 11 newcomers: singer Katy Perry and Uncle Nearest whiskey cofounder Fawn Weaver. The minimum to qualify rose to $300 million from $225 million last year, the highest since Forbes started tracking the top 100 in 2020.
Eleven Texas women made Forbes ranking of 100 of America’s richest self-made women:
#4. Thai Lee, SHI International, $6.8B
#27. Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices, $1B
#36. Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX, $900M
#38. Robyn Jones, Goosehead Insurance, $860M
#45. April Anthony, Vital Caring, $760M
#52. Kathleen Hildreth, M1 Support Services, $670M
#67. Paige Mycoskie, Aviator Nation Apparel, $490M
#72. Kendra Scott, Kendra Scott, LLC, $460M
#84. Merrilee Kick, Buzzballz, LLC, $400M
#84. Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble, $400M
#95. Iman Abuzeid, Incredible Health, $350M