Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family
$79.8B
Born
Jul 10, 1953
Age
71
Source of Wealth
L'Oréal
Residence
Paris,
Citizenship
France
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
- Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal.
- Bettencourt Meyers and her family own more than a third of the publicly traded beauty giant.
- She has served on L'Oreal's board since 1997 but announced in February she would retire in 2025.
- She became France's reigning L'Oreal heiress in 2017 when her mother Liliane Bettencourt, then the world's richest woman, died at age 94.
- Bettencourt Meyers also serves as the president of her family's philanthropic foundation, which encourages French progress in the sciences and arts.
- Together, L'Oreal and the Bettencourt Meyers family agreed to donate $226 million to repair Notre Dame Cathedral following the 2019 fire.
- Bettencourt Meyers' inheritance was the subject of a sensational trial in France, in which a man was convicted of manipulating her ailing mother for her fortune.
- Bettencourt Meyers is also a writer and has authored a book on the Greek gods and another with commentary on the Bible.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURONEXT PARIS | OR-FR | L'Oreal S.A. | 185,710,000 | 386.77 | EUR |