Meet the oldest entrepreneurs on Forbes' list of America's most successful businesswomen
From Gap's co-founder Doris Fisher to Little Caesars' Marian Ilitch, here are America's oldest and most successful businesswomen
Oldest women on the Forbes' list of America's most successful businesswomen.
Alice Schwartz
- Age: 96
- Rank: 17
- Wealth: $1.7 billion
- Source: Biotech
- Residence: El Cerrito, CA
Schwartz served as a researcher in the early days of Bio-Rad Laboratories, which she launched with her husband, David (d 2012), in 1952. She stepped down from the board in 2022 but still owns nearly 16 percent of the $2.8 billion (sales) research products firm, now run by her son Norman.
Doris Fisher, co-founder, Gap. Image: REUTERS/Hector Amezcua/Pool
Doris Fisher
- Age: 91
- Rank: 14
- Wealth: $2.3 billion
- Source: Gap
- Residence: San Francisco
Gap, which she co-founded with her husband, Don (d 2009), has struggled with declining sales, financial losses, layoffs and a roughly 30 percent stock drop in the past 12 months. Not that it affected her fortune too much: Fisher, whose net worth is down $100 million in the past 12 months, has been transferring shares to her children for years. She donated three houses in Woodside, California, worth a combined $27 million to her charitable foundation in 2020. Most of her fortune now lies in her art collection and other investments.
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Johnelle Hunt, co-founder, JB Hunt. Image: Wesley Hitt/Getty Images
