America's Richest Moms of 2015
You won't believe how much they're worth
Barbara Carlson Gage
Age: 73
Net Worth: $1.12 billion
Children: 4
She and her sister Marilyn
share Carlson, Inc., the hospitality company started by their father, Curtis.
The company includes more than 1,340 hotels, including Radisson and Country
Inns & Suites. The family also co-founded with Queen Silvia of Sweden the World
Childhood Foundation, which works to help sexually abused women and children
globally.
Lynn Schusterman
Age: 76
Net Worth: $3.5 billion
Children: 3
She is the widow of the
founder of oil and gas company Samson Resources, Charles Schusterman. Lynn heads
the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Foundation, which is dedicated to Jewish
charities such as Birthright Israel and education programs.
Age: 66
Net Worth: $4.6 billion
Children: 2
Wal-Mart heiress Ann Walton
Kroenke owns 1.7 percent of the family company, but she has no active
involvement in the business. Her husband, Stan Kroenke, owns several sports
teams, including the Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Rams.
Age: 54
Net Worth: $5.3 billion
Children: 1
The only Duncan sibling that
actively runs Enterprise Products Partners, Randa Duncan Williams heads the
company her father, Dan, founded. Enterprise owns energy pipelines, natural gas
plants and storage facilities.
Blair Parry-Okeden
Age: 64
Net Worth: $9.3 billion
Children: 2
Niece of Anne Cox Chambers,
Blair shares ownership of Cox Enterprises, which was started by her
grandfather, James M. Cox. She inherited a 25 percent stake in 2007 after her
mother, Barbara Cox Anthony, passed away.
Abigail Johnson
Age: 53
Net Worth: $14.3 billion
Children: 2
In 2014, Abigail Johnson
replaced her father, Edward Johnson III, as CEO of mutual fund company
Fidelity. She is ranked No. 31 on Forbes 400 and No. 19 on Forbes Power Women.
Anne Cox Chambers
Age: 95
Net Worth: $18.6 billion
Children: 3
Owner of her family's media
conglomerate Cox Enterprises, Anne Cox Chambers heads the company's properties,
which include newspapers, television stations, radio stations and automotive
sales.
Age: 51
Net Worth: $18.8 billion
Children: 3
Widow of the late Steve Jobs,
Laurene controls the Steven P. Jobs Trust. She is also the founder and chair of
the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization that focuses on
educational and social reform
Jacqueline Badger Mars
Age: 75
Net Worth: $23 billion
Children: 3
Sharing the profits of Mars,
her family's candy company, with her two brothers, Jacqueline Badger Mars is
ranked No. 18 on Forbes 400.
Christy Walton
Age: 66
Net Worth: $31.1 billion
Children: 1
Christy Walton inherited the
fortune of mega retailer Wal-Mart when her husband John Walton passed away in
2005. The Walton family is one of the richest families in the world, with Alice
Walton, Jim Walton and S. Robson Walton also taking spots on the Forbes 400
list.
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