2. Liliane Bettencourt and family – $30 billion
The Bettencourt family inherited its fortune from the family patriarch who owned 30 percent of L’Oreal, a French cosmetic giant. The family, however, is at odds with one another. While Liliane, at 90 years old, is currently the richest woman in the world, she has suffered from dementia, forcing her daughter and grandson to take action with the grandson Jean-Victor replacing Liliane in L’Oreal’s board. Liliane was also reported to have given a billion dollars in gifts to a photographer and artist named Francois-Marie Banier, which the daughter claims was done unscrupulously.
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