Age: 66

Fortune: inherited

Source: department stores

Net Worth: $3.4 bil

Country Of Citizenship: Austria

Residence: Vienna , Austria, Europe & Russia

Industry: Retailing

Marital Status: widowed,

Education:

Apparently met Helmut Horten, founder of the eponymous German department store chain, in a hotel bar in 1959 when she was 19 years old. Despite 30-year age difference, they wed 7 years later. In 1987 he died and left her an estimated $1 billion fortune. Austria's merry widow now divides her time between a home in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas; a residence in Tessin, Switzerland; a penthouse in Vienna and a house by the Wörthersee in Austria. Owns one of world's largest yachts, the 315-foot Carinthia VII. Said to enjoy hunting and collecting art.

by forbes