Bettencourt Meyers vs Bloomberg

L'Oréal and Bloomberg L.P..

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Forbes puts Michael Bloomberg about $4.2B ahead of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 7 Oct 2026.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers: inherited it. Michael Bloomberg: founded it.
Michael Bloomberg is about 11 years older than Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.
Michael Bloomberg has signed the Giving Pledge; Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has not.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is from France; Michael Bloomberg is from United States.

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Bettencourt Meyers

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Net worth, Forbes: $90.7BForbes, 7 Oct 2026; $94.9BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $99.2BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026; Not stated
Forbes rank: No. 21Real-Time list, 7 Oct 2026; No. 20Real-Time list, 9 Oct 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; Not stated

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; Founded itFounded Bloomberg L.P. in 1981 after leaving Salomon Brothers; Forbes says he put in the seed funding
Main source: The family's L'Oréal stakeBloomberg: 'The majority of Francoise Bettencourt Meyers' fortune stems from her stake in L'Oreal'; Bloomberg L.P.
Companies: L'OréalL'Oréal: Largest shareholder through the family holding Téthys, which she chairs; L'Oréal director 1997-2025 and vice-chair from 2020; Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P.: Founder and majority owner
Biggest stake: L'Oréal34.79% owned; Bloomberg L.P.88% owned

Born: 1953; 14 Feb 1942Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Country: FranceLives in Paris, France; United StatesLives in New York City, United States
Education: Not stated; Graduate degreeBS in electrical engineering, Johns Hopkins University; MBA, Harvard Business School (1966)
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; Grew up in a middle-class home in Medford, Massachusetts; worked in a parking lot and took government loans to pay for Johns HopkinsParents' occupations not stated

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Signed in 2010
Foundation: Fondation Bettencourt SchuellerShe is its founder and president; Bloomberg PhilanthropiesCovers his foundation, corporate and personal giving
Lifetime giving: Not stated; $25.4BForbes, 31 Dec 2025. Forbes' estimate of lifetime giving through the end of 2025, counting only money given to charitable recipients

Role now: Chair of the boardChair of Téthys, the family holding company that is L'Oréal's largest shareholder; president of Fondation Bettencourt Schueller; OwnerFounder and majority owner of Bloomberg L.P.; founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies; UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions
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); Vlad Kliatchko, CEO since 2023 and chairNo ownership successor or family executive named in the cited sources
Public office: None found; Mayor of New York City; UN Special Envoy on Cities and Climate Change; UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, later Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions; WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries2002-2013; 2014; 2018-present; 2016-present
Legal record: None found; None found