£29billion heiress dies
LILIANE Bettencourt, the L’Oréal heiress and the world’s richest woman, has died.
The 94-year-old died yesterday at her Paris home, her daughter Françoise announced.
With a fortune of £29.1billion last year, Mrs Bettencourt was also ranked the world’s 14th richest person.
She began working for L’Oreal aged 15, labelling bottles of shampoo.
L’Oréal CEO Jean-Paul Agon said: “A great woman has left us. We will never forget her.”