Bettencourt Meyers vs Yass

L'Oréal and Susquehanna International Group.

The differences

Forbes puts Françoise Bettencourt Meyers about $12.9B ahead of Jeff Yass.Forbes figures from 7 Oct 2026 and 16 Sep 2026.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers: inherited it. Jeff Yass: co-founded it.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is from France; Jeff Yass is from United States.

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Bettencourt Meyers

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Net worth, Forbes: $90.7BForbes, 7 Oct 2026; $77.8BForbes, 16 Sep 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $99.2BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026; $88.2BBloomberg, 10 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 21Real-Time list, 7 Oct 2026; No. 30Real-Time list, 16 Aug 2026
Billionaire since: 2018First on a Forbes World's Billionaires list in 2018, its 'richest newcomer' at $42.2 billion, after her mother died in 2017; 2021Forbes added him to the World's Billionaires list in April 2021 with $12 billion, after investigating his holdings

How it started: Inherited itInherited the family's L'Oréal stake when her mother Liliane Bettencourt died in 2017; L'Oréal was founded by her grandfather Eugène Schueller; Co-founded itCo-founded Susquehanna with a group of college friends in 1987
Main source: The family's L'Oréal stakeBloomberg: 'The majority of Francoise Bettencourt Meyers' fortune stems from her stake in L'Oreal'; Susquehanna International Group, a proprietary trading firmBloomberg also credits him with a minority stake in ByteDance
Companies: L'OréalL'Oréal: Largest shareholder through the family holding Téthys, which she chairs; L'Oréal director 1997-2025 and vice-chair from 2020; Susquehanna International GroupSusquehanna International Group: Co-founder and managing director
Biggest stake: L'Oréal34.79% owned; Susquehanna International Group51% owned

Born: 1953; Year not statedNew York City, United States
Country: FranceLives in Paris, France; United StatesLives in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
Education: Not stated; Bachelor's degreeBS, State University of New York at Binghamton
Parents: Daughter of André and Liliane Bettencourt; her mother was the L'Oréal heiress and her grandfather Eugène Schueller founded L'OréalHer father's occupation is not stated; Son of two accountantsForbes adds that his father Gerald later helped build Susquehanna's back-office bookkeeping

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Fondation Bettencourt SchuellerShe is its founder and president; Yass Foundation for Education (Yass Prize)Janine and Jeff Yass founded the Yass Prize, run with the Center for Education Reform since 2021
Lifetime giving: Not stated; Not stated

Role now: Chair of the boardChair of Téthys, the family holding company that is L'Oréal's largest shareholder; president of Fondation Bettencourt Schueller; Runs the companyCo-founder and managing director of Susquehanna International Group
Successor: Her sons sit on L'Oréal's board: Jean-Victor Meyers (director since 2012, vice-chairman since 2025) and Nicolas Meyers (director since 2020); Not stated
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; 1982: Philadelphia Stock ExchangeSettled an exchange disciplinary matter over a position-limit violation (Rule 1001) with a $1,000 fine, listed as disclosure 1 of 5 on his FINRA BrokerCheck report.