The Wealthiest Women of All Time: American Icons

Laurene Powell Jobs – Net worth: $12.6 billion

After Steve Jobs died in 2011, his widow – American businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs – inherited ownership of the Steve P. Jobs Trust.

Laurene Powell Jobs - Net worth: $12.6 billion

The trust’s most lucrative holding is a 7.3 percent stake in The Walt Disney Company, which mostly accounts for Jobs’ net worth of $12.6 billion.