Liliane Bettencourt dies: The world's richest woman passes away
Liliane Bettencourt, the L'Oreal heiress and world's richest woman, has died at age 94. In a statement, her daughter Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers announced that her mother "left peacefully". Liliane Bettencourt was the 14th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $39.5bn.