only daughterAndré and Liliane Bettencourt, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers inherited L’Oréal. She is the richest woman in the world.
Founded by Françoise Bettencourt Meyers’ grandfather, Eugene Schueller, in 1909, L’Oréal today is the world’s leading cosmetics group. As of December 31, 2017, the share capital of the company is divided between Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and her family (Jean-Pierre Meyers, Jean-Victor Meyers, Nicolas Myers, the estate of Liliane Bettencourt and Téthys SAS) 33.13%, the international institutions 29.28%, Nestlé 23.17% and the French institutions 8.24%, individual shareholders 4.74% and employees 1.3%.
