L'Oréal Heiress Gains $24 Billion, Surpassing Asia's Richest

Imagine a very rich woman named Françoise who owns a big part of a company that makes makeup, like Maybelline.

She inherited this from her family.

This year, her money grew by a lot – about $24 billion!

This is because the company she owns a part of did really well, and the value of the company went up.

Now, she has almost $98 billion!

This makes her richer than a lot of other very wealthy people, including the richest person in Asia.

She is also ranked high on the list of the wealthiest people in the world, even though she doesn't have the most money overall.