Francoise Bettencourt Meyers – the richest female billionaire in the world – does not flaunt her brand, loyal to blazers and scarves.
As announced by Forbes on April 4, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers owns a fortune of 80.5 billion USD, ranks first in the group of female billionaires and 11th in the list of the world’s richest billionaires in 2023.
Bettencourt Meyers was đđšđ«đ§ in 1953 in France, the grandson of the founder of L’OrĂ©al – EugĂšne Schueller – and a member of the Board of Directors of the company since 1997. After her mother – Liliane Bettencourt – passed away in September 2017, Bettencourt Meyers became the heir to a huge fortune and started joining the Forbes billionaires list. 2023 is the third year in a row she holds the title of richest woman in the world, thanks to the cosmetics brand’s stock up 12% in the past 12 months.
Bettencourt Meyers lives a secretive life like her mother, loves to write books. According to Forbes, she has published two books related to the Bible and Greek gods. Instead of going to luxurious parties, she plays the piano for 3-4 hours a day and often hangs around at home, immersed in her own world. According to Tom Sancton, author of The Bettencourt Story, from a young age, she was uncomfortable with the world of the rich.
According to Insider, the billionaire does not care much about beauty or fashion. Bettencourt Meyers follows minimalism, nature, shopping enough. Her wardrobe is mostly dark or blue tones, including blazer, casual pants, suit, flat shoes.
Her usual style when going out is to wear neat clothes and indispensable a scarf around her neck. With each outfit, she mixes a different scarf.
Bettencourt Meyers and her mother (left) attended Giorgio Armani’s Haute Couture show (centre) in 2012. She wore a purple-blue suit and pink scarf. The event was the rare time she went to see fashion and appeared on the red carpet.
Bettencourt Meyers towel collection is rich with many colors and textures. During an event at the Saint-Germain-des-Pres church in Paris in January 2015, she used a purple scarf as a highlight for a black trench coat.
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers wears a brown suit with a long life jacket and blue shawl as she and her son Nicolas leave the court in Bordeaux in 2015.
The formula of using colored scarves with monochromatic clothes is often applied by her. Bettencourt Meyers prioritizes doll shoes, rarely wears high heels, loyal to a glossy gray leather handbag.
She loves shoulder-length hair and often leaves it natural and unstyled.
As the heir to a leading cosmetics group, Bettencourt Meyers rarely uses beauty products. She likes to leave her face bare, sometimes with bold eyeliner and a little lip balm in the style of a French woman.
According to Forbes, Bettencourt Meyers is less concerned with L’Oreal affairs than her mother. She focuses on philanthropy and is currently the president of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation. The foundation invests in the arts and sciences, supports research projects on neurons, helps families with đ€đ©đȘđđ„ren with autism, and invests in choir teams in France. In 2019, she contributed 230 million USD in the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral.
