Alice Walton is the world's richest woman — and may soon be worth $100 billion

• Alice Walton has overtaken Françoise Bettencourt Meyers as the world's richest woman this year.
• The Walmart and L'Oréal heiresses are worth $95 billion and $91 billion respectively, per Bloomberg.
• Walton is close to passing the $100 billion mark and joining the elite club of centibillionaires.

The heiress to the Walmart fortune has leapfrogged the L'Oréal heiress to become the world's richest woman — and could soon cross $100 billion in net worth.