L’Oreal Heiress Fortune Rises By $6 Billion As Company’s Shares Soar After Strong Earnings

BreakingBusinessL’Oreal Heiress Fortune Rises By $6 Billion As Company’s Shares Soar After Strong EarningsBySiladitya Ray,Forbes Staff. Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter.Follow AuthorApr 23, 2026, 06:09am EDTApr 23, 2026, 06:13am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ToplineShares of L’Oreal rose sharply on Thursday, boosting the company heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers’ net worth by more than $6 billion, after the cosmetics giant beat analyst expectations and reported a 7.6% increase in sales in the first quarter of this year.Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the second richest woman in the world.Getty Images For Institut de l'AuditionKey FactsAfter markets opened in Europe, L’Oreal’s share price rose 8.21% to €373.20 ($436.40).According to Forbes’ estimates, the stock surge added $6.1 billion to Bettencourt Meyers net worth, which now stands at $94.4 billion.The boost in her fortune pushed the French billionaire into the 20th spot on Forbes’s real-time list of the world's richest people, as she displaced Asia’s richest person Mukesh Ambani from the spot.Bettencourt Meyers is the second-richest woman in the world, behind only Walmart heiress and Philanthropist Alice Walton, whose fortune is estimated at $136 billion.Bettencourt Meyers retired from L’Oreal’s board last year and gave her vice chairmanship to her son, Jean-Victor Meyers. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a'; script.setAttribute('defer', '1'); script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); iframeDoc.body.appendChild(script); }; document.head.appendChild(iframe); const prel...