[byw]

I wonder if it has more to do with culture. According to Forbes, about half of all female billionaires are from China.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/22/billionaire-women-entrepren...

[Elite]

Is Oprah the only self-made Billionaire in the US/Europe?

I know that there are several female billionaires but all the fortunes I can think of now are inherited

[tlrobinson]

Scanning the Forbes list (I could have missed some): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Wo...

Doris Fisher (Gap): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Doris-...

Oprah Winfrey: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Oprah-...

Meg Whitman (Ebay): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Margar...