Top 10 Richest Black Woman in the World 2025

Who is the richest black woman in the world?

There are a lot of wealthy self-made black women in the worth in recent times than ever.

As of 20245, Oprah Winfrey still maintains the top spot as the richest black woman in the world.

Keep reading as we will be bringing to you the list of the top 10 wealthiest women as well.

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Oprah Winfrey -$2.5 Billion

Oprah Gail Winfrey, is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer and philanthropist. Oprah Winfrey net worth in 2025 is $2.7 billion

She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the “Queen of All Media”, she was the richest African American of the 20th century  and North America’s first black multi-billionaire, and has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. She has also been sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world. 

Serena Williams -$290 million

Serena Jameka Williams is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women’s singles by the Women’s Tennis Association.

Serena Williams is among the richest black women in the world

Along with her elder sister Venus, Serena Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1995, she won her first major singles title at the 1999 US Open.

From the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open she was dominant, winning all four major singles titles (each time over Venus in the final) to achieve both a career Grand Slam and a non-calendar year Grand Slam (nicknamed the “Serena Slam”). The next few years saw Williams capture two more major singles titles, but suffer from injury and decline in form.

Starting in 2007, however, she gradually returned to form despite continued injuries, reclaiming the world No. 1 singles ranking. Beginning with the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, Williams returned to dominance, claiming Olympic gold (completing the career Golden Slam in singles)  and winning eight out of thirteen singles majors, including all four in a row from 2014–2015 to achieve a second “Serena Slam”

She is the richest woman in Africa

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Janice Bryant Howroyd -$1.1 Billion

Janice Bryant Howroyd is an entrepreneur and the founder of The ActOne Group, a global employment and management company. She was recently named to Forbes’ list of the wealthiest self-made women in the United States. 

Howroyd is the first African-American woman to build and own a billion-dollar company. She started The ActOne Group in California, and has since grown it into the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company in the United States. 

Wendy Appelbaum –$260 Million

Wendy is a South African businesswoman and philanthropist. The daughter of Donald Gordon of the Liberty Group, she has led the De Morgenzon wine estate in Stellenbosch since 2003. Appelbaum is one of the richest women in South Africa.

She served as a director at Liberty Group Investors where she was one of the company’s largest individual shareholders before making her fortune by selling her shares and opening her wine farm with her husband. In 2012, Appelbaum made the list of Forbes Top 10 female Millionaires to watch in Africa

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Sheila Johnson

Sheila Crump Johnson  is an American businesswoman, co-founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, and the first African-American woman to attain a net worth of at least one billion dollars.

Johnson is team president, managing partner, and governor of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, a position she earned before the 2005 season.

On May 24, 2005, Washington Sports and Entertainment Chairman, Abe Pollin, sold the Mystics to Lincoln Holdings LLC, where Johnson served as president.

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She is the first African-American woman to be an owner or partner in three professional sports franchises: the Washington Capitals (NHL), the Washington Wizards (NBA), and the Washington Mystics (WNBA).

Johnson is CEO of Salamander Hospitality, a company she founded in 2005.

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Janice Bryant Howroyd

Janice Bryant Howroyd is the founder and CEO of ACT-1 Group and the first African American woman to run a billion-dollar business. Her company, which provides workforce solutions such as temporary staffing, raked in a whopping $2.8 billion in revenues in 2017 and placed as No. 2 on BLACK ENTERPRISE’S annual BE 100s list of the nation’s largest black businesses.

Bryant Howroyd launched the business back in 1978 with just $1,500, a $900 loan from her mother, a fax machine, and a phone. Today, the agency has over 17,000 clients and 2,600 employees in 19 different countries.

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Rihanna -$1.4 billion

Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman and actress. She is noted as the best-selling female recording artist of the 21st century by Guinness World Records and the highest-certified female digital single artist by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Rihanna’s net worth has excelled thanks to her later business ventures including Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, her lingerie brand. Robyn Rihanna Fenty is also a hugely popular singer, songwriter and actress. She was born in Barbados and rose to fame in the mid-2000s with hits such as Pon de Replay and Umbrella.

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Beyonce

Beyonce is the wife of the richest and most successful rapper in history;  Jay Z. Forbes reported that beyonce together with her husband has a net worth of $1.4 billion.

Beyoncé has released six studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, five EPs, one soundtrack album, one mixtape, two karaoke albums, and 62 singles (including 12 as a featured artist, nine promotional singles and five charity singles). She has sold 75 million albums and over 118 million records as a solo artist, she is often described as one of the best selling artiste in the world.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recognized her as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s decade.

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