Billionaires and The Love of Their Life

Hi Love!

Let's begin this week with an introduction to the richest woman in the world: Christy Walton. Christy is the widow of John Walton and she inherited her fortune of Walmart through marriage. Her net worth is between 28.3 and 41.7 billion.

Here are the facts:

1. Christy's husband died in 2005 and she has since climbed the ladder to become the richest woman in the world. 
2. Christy is in her 60s and also serves as the Co-Chair of Children's Scholarship Fund. 
3. She is richer than Steve Jobs wife, Lauren Powell who only has a net worth of 19.8 billion. 
4. With more money than majority of the people living on this planet, Christy lives in Wyoming instead of in California or New York. 
5. She has also inherited shares in First Solar, a manufacturer of thin solar panels and provider of power plants. 
6. She has her own production company called Tenaja Productions.
7. She has one son named Lukas Walton. 
8. In total her family has a net worth of 171.5 billion. 
9. She is an active member of the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which is highly respected for donating money to educational causes. 
10. She owns an 11% stake in Walmart.

Take note of Christy's empire and see how you can get started on your own.

-- Love Rae 

Mini Drug Tests? Elizabeth Holmes Is Saving Lives

Hi Love!

Elizabeth Holmes is the youngest self-made female billionaire of our time. With an aim to provide blood tests at drugstores around the world for an extremely reduced cost, she has successfully transformed the healthcare industry with her innovative ideas. She is compared to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, she doesn't own a television and she dropped out of Stanford University at 19 years old. She is worth 4.6 billion.

Theranos is her unique biotech company that she began in 2003. Her strategy is to completely focus on her business by spending most of her time at her own company. She created Theranos for the people not to become wealthy however her idea was so advanced every health care official wanted to invest into her way of thinking. Every test that she created is a simple prick to the finger which can be used to check for issues such as cancer and cholesterol etc. Theranos is valued at 10 billion dollars and probably much more by 2016. 

She believes that " healthcare is the leading cause of bankruptcy" no one should have to ever have to suffer financially to better their health. Her idea is simple: Make healthcare affordable for everyone.

To learn more about Elizabeth please check out the video below:

In agreement with her ideas and her dynamic company lets support her mission. 

--Love Rae 

Billionaire Isabel dos Santos of Angola

Hi Love,

Among the richest women in the world is Isabel dos Santos -- daughter of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola. She is Africa's first female billionaire at age 42 with a net worth of 3.7 billion. Although her father has accumulated some of her wealth, dos Santos has shares in Portuguese cable television companies and an Angolan bank. Although she is regarded as a "princess" dos Santos is known for having a rather disciplined childhood which included her studies of electrical engineering and business management at Kings College London. At 24 she started " Miami Beach" her own restaurant in Luanda; although it wasn't a success it did however give her a hands on experience in learning how to correctly operate a business and how to successfully invest. Although she has a variety of business ventures on her resume, she is best known for owning 28.8% of the stock at Zon, a Portuguese media conglomerate. As of recently, dos Santos is looking to acquire 65% of Efacec Power Solutions, a Portuguese engineering company. At this rate dos Santos is sure to become a legend in the telecommunications sector as well as a notable business leader opening doors for women all over the world.

To learn more about Isabel dos Santos be sure to check out her interviews by clicking on the links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pStBHcecxzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzX5pDaea0

-- Love Rae