Bettencourt Meyers, who is French, broke through the barrier on Thursday thanks to a rise in the share price of the cosmetics empire she inherited from her mother.
The famously reclusive Bettencourt Meyers, 70, and her family, remain the largest shareholders with a stake of nearly 35%, the value of which has helped her wealth balloon by $28.6bn this year to reach $100bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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