China is setting the global benchmark for women in business with the Hurun Report identifying 49 self-made Chinese billionaire women, out of 73 in the world.

According to the world authority on personal wealth, “Touchscreen Queen” Zhou Qunfei storms straight in at No 1 with $ 7.8 billion. The 45-year-old entrepreneur, pretty much an unknown this time last year, pips “Beijing Real Estate Queen” Chen Lihua, 74, with $ 7.7 billion, to become the most successful business woman in the world.

The highest non-Chinese was US-based “Blood-Testing Queen” Elizabeth Holmes, 30, of consumer healthcare technology company Theranos. Holmes was the youngest self-made billionaire on the list.

Top 10 richest self-made women in the world are from China.

No 10 Alicia Koplowitz
Age 60, $ 2.7 billion
Omega Capital, Spain

No 9 Diane Hendricks
Age 67, $ 2.7 billion
Abc Supply, Unite States

No 8 Ma Dongmin
Age 45, $ 2.73 billion
Baidu Inc, China

No 7 Lu Qianfang & Chen Zhuolin
Age 54, $ 27.3 billion
Agile Property, China

No 6 He Qiaonv
Age 49, $ 3 billion
Orient Landscape, China

No 5 Zhang Xin
Age 50, $ 3.05 billion
SOHO China, China

No 4 Elizabeth Holmes
Age 30, $ 3.4 billion
Theranos, United States

No 3 Zhang Yin
Age 58, $ 4.1 billion
Nine Dragons Paper, China

No 2 Wu Yajun
Age 51, $ 4.2 billion
Longfor Properties, China

No 1 Chen Lihua
Age 74, $ 7.7 billion
Fu Wah International, China

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