Laurene Powell Jobs

Founder and President, Emerson Collective

Rank on list: 42

Net worth: $22.7 billion

Source of wealth: Apple, Disney Citizenship: U.S.

Powell Jobs inherited billions of dollars of stock in Apple and Disney from her late husband, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. She purchased stakes in the parent of the NBA’s Washington Wizards and several media outlets. She has been putting her fortune to work through Emerson Collective, a hybrid investment, social impact, and philanthropic firm founded in 2004. Powell Jobs launched the Emerson Collective Foundation during the second half of 2016 with a gift of $1.2 billion.