Women's Era: 9 Female Billionaires Around The World

# Anne Cox Chambers
Net Worth- $16.3 Billion

The 92 year old, Anne Cox Chambers’ is the daughter of James M. Cox, the founder of Cox Enterprises. Today, the media empire has a vast range of business undertakings includes Cox Communications cable company, 15 TV stations, 17 daily newspapers, 86 radio stations, Manheim Auctions (cars) and AutoTrader.com.

The family has a history of political activism as James Cox had served as U.S. representative and governor of Ohio before being the Democratic nominee for president and Anne too followed his path and was named ambassador to Belgium in 1977 by the then President Jimmy Carter. Cox-Chambers is the 20th richest person in the United States and 53rd richest person in the world.

# Iris Fontbona
Net worth- $13.1 Billion

She is the second wife of Antonio Andronico Luksic Abaroa, a Chilean billionaire who heads one of the world’s biggest and most influential copper-mining concerns.

 Fontbona became one of the richest in the world after his death.  Her business empire, Antofagasta, is the 30th-biggest company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Iris Fontbona and family hold shares in Quinenco, a consumer packaging and beverage maker, and Plava Laguna, a chain of Croatian beach resorts. Her son Jean Paul is the Chairman of Antofagasta, of shares of which have more than doubled in the past 12 months.

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