Vicky Safra continues to occupy the post of richest Brazilian women, with estimated assets of R $ 120.5 billion.
The data are from the annual list of Brazilians of Forbes magazine. The ranking was released on Thursday (28).
Vicky is a widow of banker Joseph Safra, who died in 2020. She inherited about half of the fortune of the late husband, who for many years was the richest banker in the world.
The other heirs are the children: Jacob, Esther, Alberto and David. Vicky also occupies the 2nd position in the overall ranking of richest Brazilians, behind only Facebook co -founder Eduardo Saverin, who is 1st place, with a fortune of $ 227 billion.
Forbes states that the number of women on the list of Brazilian billionaires increased this year compared to 2025: there are 60 women in total, against 48 last year. They represent 20% of the total of 300 billionaires in the country.
Secondly on the list of richest women is Maria Helena Moraes Scipilliti, daughter of José Ermírio de Moraes, founder of the Votorantim industrial group. She is a widow of Clovis Scripilliti, who helped expand the group throughout the Brazilian Northeast during the 1960s and 1970s.
Ana Lúcia de Mattos Barretto Villela appears in third place in the ranking of richest. She is heiress of Itaú-Unibanco, the largest private bank in Latin America, as well as a member of the group’s board of directors. Ana Lúcia is also one of Itaúsa’s biggest individual shareholders, the bank’s holding company.
Among the ten richest Brazilian women, only two are considered “self-made”, classification granted by Forbes to those who built their assets alone, without inheritance: Cristina Junqueira, co-founder of Nubank, and Lucia Maggi, from Amaggi. See below who are the 10 richest Brazilian women.
1. Vicky Safra and Family
Equity: R $ 120.5 billion
Origin of Heritage: Banco Safra
2. Maria Helena Moraes Scipilliti and family
Equity: R $ 26.8 billion
Origin of Heritage: Votorantim
3. Ana Lúcia de Mattos Barretto Villela
Equity: R $ 9.8 billion
Origin of Heritage: Itaúsa
4. Anne Werninghaus
Equity: R $ 9.1 billion
Heritage Origin: WEG
5. Cristina Helena Junqueira
Equity: R $ 8.7 billion
Origin of Heritage: Nubank
6. Neide Helena de Moraes
Equity: R $ 8.4 billion
Origin of Heritage: Votorantim
7. VERA Rechulski Santo Domingo
Equity: R $ 7.1 billion
Origin of Heritage: AB INBEV
8. Dora Voigt de seated
Equity: R $ 6.6 billion
Heritage Origin: WEG
8. Lívia Voigt
Equity: R $ 6.6 billion
Heritage Origin: WEG
8. Lucia Borges Maggi
Equity: R $ 6.6 billion
Origin of Heritage: Amaggi
