# 8 of the 10 Richest Women in the World are Blonde **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791 "2014-10-28T19:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/1 "2014-10-28T19:49:21Z")
Since I’m dating again, I clicked on an obvious click-bait link titled “Top 10 Richest Women in the World” because, hey, I’d hate to overlook anyone in my quest for true love. It’s a horrible click-bait site with all the regular tricks to get you to click where you didn’t want to click, so I’ll post a broken link because I think we all hate these sites. likesharetweet DOT com/shock/top-7-richest-women-in-the-world/ (yeah, the actual address say 7 women but the list is 10) Anyway, mundane and pointless: at least 8 of the 10 are blonde. I was not surprised to see a lot of blonde on the list, kinda surprised to see it was almost the entire list. I suppose I’d expect the most wealthy women to be from Europe and North America, so that helps blonde out the list, but I can’t help think there’s also some connection to the way first world societies seem to prize blondes most highly. I am not assuming that they’re all natural blondes, but that just adds to the “society prizes blondes” thing: You’re fabulously wealthy, you can be anything you want to be, what do you want to be? Blonde! I say “at least” 8 of the 10 are blonde, because I can not find a decent young photo for either Liliane Bettencourt or Alice Walton. Bettencourt’s current hair color surely comes out of a bottle, and it could either be describes as “dirty blonde” or “light brunette”- I’m not sure. Couldn’t find a young photo of her to see what hair color she grew up with. Alice Walton seems to have a lot of dark running through her grey so I’m guessing she’s always had dark hair but, again, I can’t find a young photo. Here’s the full list for those who don’t want to follow the link (I think this is in reverse order): Holly Branson Lydia Hearst Ivanka Trump Jocelyn Wildenstein Donatella Versace Elizabeth Holmes (this is who I think I’ll date) Marta Ortega-Perez Liliane Bettencourt Christy Walton Alice Walton Somehow, when I post in Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share for some reason I get a lot of “what’s your point?” Just to clarify, my pointless point is that I was not surprised that many of these women are blonde, but I was surprised that it was a high as 8 out of 10. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/2 "2014-10-28T19:53:34Z")
Carpet & drapes match? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/3 "2014-10-28T20:07:04Z")
I’m surprised someone used a statistically irrelevant observation as the basis of an OP.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/4 "2014-10-28T20:51:43Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I’m surprised someone used a statistically irrelevant observation as the basis of an OP.:eek: I’m surprised that you thought this observation was worth sharing. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/5 "2014-10-28T22:14:30Z")
I’m surprised at the lack of Oprah on the list ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/6 "2014-10-28T22:17:52Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I’m surprised at the lack of Oprah on the list Yeah. First thing I thought, too. Where’s Oprah? ETA: Actually, it seems she’s “only” around $3 billion, so not in the upper vanguard of the elite. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/7 "2014-10-28T22:21:07Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m surprised that you thought this observation was worth sharing. Actually I am too. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/8 "2014-10-28T22:24:49Z")
[Here’s the Forbes list](http://www.forbes.com/sites/andreanavarro/2014/03/03/the-worlds-richest-women-2014/). Looks like they are mostly blonde. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/9 "2014-10-28T22:27:41Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I’m surprised at the lack of Oprah on the list Black curtains. Polished hardwood floors. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/10 "2014-10-28T22:54:14Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah. First thing I thought, too. Where’s Oprah? > > ETA: Actually, it seems she’s “only” around $3 billion, so not in the upper vanguard of the elite. Unlike the women on the list, she earned every bit of hers. The others inherited theirs or got it through divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/11 "2014-10-28T23:06:00Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Unlike the women on the list, she earned every bit of hers. The others inherited theirs or got it through divorce. What difference does that make? Does she get some sort of special gold star for having earned it? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/12 "2014-10-28T23:20:16Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > What difference does that make? Does she get some sort of special gold star for having earned it? Of course she does. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/13 "2014-10-28T23:57:56Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah. First thing I thought, too. Where’s Oprah? > > ETA: Actually, it seems she’s “only” around $3 billion, so not in the upper vanguard of the elite. Pssh, what a loser. > [@hajario](#): > > Unlike the women on the list, she earned every bit of hers. The others inherited theirs or got it through divorce. So what you’re saying is I need to put less effort into my career and more into my appearance and hanging out at rich guy places. I’m picking up what you’re putting down. > [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > What difference does that make? Does she get some sort of special gold star for having earned it? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/14 "2014-10-29T00:04:40Z")
[Video relevant to the Oprah discussion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YL04v-J5U) ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/15 "2014-10-29T00:08:37Z")
**MOL** , I think there’s a deadline or something as far as getting in on the ground-floor-type thing. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/16 "2014-10-29T00:18:47Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > **MOL** , I think there’s a deadline or something as far as getting in on the ground-floor-type thing. Yeah, I’m in my 30s now. Is my time up? I can totally pass for 29! Maybe there are some billionaire divorces out there…? Don’t crush my dream, man. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/17 "2014-10-29T00:49:12Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > [Video relevant to the Oprah discussion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YL04v-J5U) I love Bill burr, but his facts about lance are completely wrong, livestrong gave next to nothing to cancer research.☹ that was a part of the whe kerfuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/18 "2014-10-29T00:52:37Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Yes. I suppose a little gold star must be satisfying to have, I’d rather have the cash though, I’m loony like that. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/19 "2014-10-29T00:52:40Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I’m surprised someone used a statistically irrelevant observation as the basis of an OP.:eek: Meh. The observation aligns with some of my untested biased assumptions, and the matter is mundane and pointless enough that I do not feel compelled to actually test those biased assumptions. Many of the women on the list inherited at least the foundation of their wealth. I did propose (with no research or cites) that blonde women are more highly prized in society. Wealthy successful men may therefore be more inclined to seek out a blonde status symbol wife (no research or cites), therefore wealthy men could be more likely to have blonde daughters carrying on the blonde mother’s genes. Therefore: a disproportionate number of wealthy blonde women. Then, of course, there are the divorced women who got the foundation of their wealth in a divorce settlement from a wealthy man who married a blonde woman. As to the self-made women on the list (are there none? is that in dispute?), white privilege may work even better for blonde white women that it does for brunette or redhead white women: something that _feels_ true to me but, again, no research or cites. So, my observation, it would seem, remains statistically irrelevant. I’m o.k. with that. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791/20 "2014-10-29T02:04:39Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I suppose a little gold star must be satisfying to have, I’d rather have the cash though, I’m loony like that. It’s a terrible shame that Oprah doesn’t have any money. And the extra respect she’s earned… pssh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791.md?page=2)