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THELISTFORBES.COM JUNE 30, 20 19TAYLORHILL/GETTYIMAGES- MARISSA MAYER
$620 million
AGE: 44 RESIDENCE:
Palo Alto, California
SELF-MADE SCORE: 6
Mayer has been building her
tech incubator, Lumi Labs,
which she launched in 2018
to focus on consumer media
and artificial intelligence. In
October 2018, she pitched
Palo Alto City Council on
turning a former mortuary
she owns into a membership
center for professional
women and their families.
The former Yahoo CEO
was one of Google’s first
employees; her stint at the
latter is the source of most of
her fortune. - HUDA KATTAN
$610 million
AGE 35 RESIDENCE: Dubai
SELF-MADE SCORE: 9
One of the world’s most-
followed beauty influenc-
ers, with 37 million Insta-
gram followers, the former
makeup artist from Oklaho-
ma turned blogger heads up
$250 million (est. revenue)
Huda Beauty. TSG Consumer
Partners purchased a minori-
ty stake in 2017 in a deal that
valued the business at $1.2
billion. Kattan, who moved
to Dubai for a previous job in
finance, launched fragrance
brand Kayali (“my imagina-
tion” in Arabic) in October - Up next: a skin care
line expected to hit shelves
later this year. - RIHANNA
$600 million
AGE: 31 RESIDENCE: Los Angeles
SELF-MADE SCORE: 10
America’s richest female musician has made millions singing, but her big money has come
from her partnership with LVMH. She and the luxury goods giant co-own makeup brand Fenty
(her last name) Beauty, which generated an estimated $570 million in revenue last year. In May
she and LVMH announced a new fashion house called Fenty, which will be based in Paris. She
also owns Savage X Fenty lingerie line with Los Angeles-based online fashion firm TechStyle
Fashion Group. The Barbados native overcame hardships including an abusive addict father
and a well-publicized assault by Chris Brown on her path to stardom. Jay-Z (see p. 17) helped
launch her career after hearing her demo and auditioning her in New York.
38. THERESIA GOUW
$580 million
AGE: 47 RESIDENCE:
Palo Alto, California
SELF-MADE SCORE: 9
The first female partner at
venture capital firm Accel
Partners, she led investments
in real estate listing site Tru-
lia and cybersecurity firm Im-
perva before leaving to start
her own early-stage firm As-
pect Ventures. Her firm’s exits
include the sale of Astro, an
email assistant startup, to
messaging app Slack in Sep-
tember 2018 and the sale of
HotelTonight to Air bnb in
March. Gouw, a first-genera-
tion immigrant of Chinese de-
scent from Indonesia, is an
advocate for increasing diver-
sity in tech. She also co-teach-
es a venture capital course at
Stanford Graduate School of
Business.
39. MADONNA
$570 million
AGE: 60
RESIDENCE: New York City
SELF-MADE SCORE: 9
Look for the original Queen
of Pop to get a boost from
her new album Madame X,
due out this June, as well
as a string of intimate the-
ater shows for the ensuing
tour that will kick off in
September.
40. KENDRA SCOTT
$550 million
AGE: 45
RESIDENCE: Austin, Texas
SELF-MADE SCORE: 7
Scott’s come a long way
since she started making
jewelry in her spare
bedroom in 2002. Her
Kendra Scott company sells
its jewelry in department
stores like Bloomingdales
and Nordstrom and has 97
boutiques nationwide. Its
first New York City store and
a new Austin flagship are
among the 21 new stores that
opened in the last year.
NEWCHANGE IN WEALTH KEY: UP DOWN UNCHANGED RETURNEE SELF-MADE SCORE: 0 = INHERITED, 10 = SELF-MADE