Alice Walton is the richest woman in the world, her net worth is currently almost $100 billion

Alice Walton, the daughter of retail icon Sam Walton, is worth more than $95 billion for the first time, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That’s because Walmart’s stock price has surged 44% to a record high this year, boosting her net worth by $25 billion this year.

And Françoise Bettencourt Meyers — the granddaughter of Eugène Schueller, the founder of the French cosmetics giant — has seen her fortune fall by $10 billion this year to $90 billion. That reflects a 13% drop in L’Oréal shares since January.

The situation was different late last year, when Bettencourt-Meyers was worth $100 billion and Walton was worth just $70 billion.

Bettencourt Meyers ranks 19th on Bloomberg’s rich list, while Walton ranks 18th, just behind his two brothers, Jim ($98 billion) and Rob ($95.8 billion). The siblings each own more than 11% of Walmart, assuming their father divided his stake in the company equally among his four children. Bloomberg estimates they’ve also made more than $15 billion in stock sales and dividends over the years.

Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers in 2010.

MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images

Bettencourt Meyers, meanwhile, owns about 35% of the world’s largest cosmetics company, which owns brands like Garnier and Maybelline. She inherited the stake from her mother, Liliane, who died in 2017.

If Walton’s net worth continues to grow and surpasses $100 billion, she will join the elite club of centillionaires that also includes Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

Walton and Bettencourt Meyers are two of several heiresses at the top of Bloomberg’s list, including Jacqueline Badger Mars and Abigail Johnson, whose grandparents founded Mars and Fidelity, respectively.