- Julia Flesher Koch recently became one of the richest women in the world.
- The wife of late billionaire industrialist David Koch inherited billions after he died in August 2019 with an estimated $53.5 billion fortune , according to Bloomberg and Forbes.
- Bloomberg pegs Flesher Koch's net worth at $61.6 billion , which would make her the richest woman in the world.
- Forbes, however, estimates her wealth to be significantly lower, at $43 billion , which would make her the third-richest woman in the world after Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and Alice Walton.
- A spokesperson for Koch Industries told Business Insider that Koch's shares of the company remained with the family after his death, but declined to offer any more details.
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Meet Julia Flesher Koch, the Iowa-born socialite who's now one of the world's richest women after inheriting a chunk of her late husband David Koch's $53 billion fortune
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Julia Flesher Koch is the wife of late billionaire industrialist David Koch, who died in August 2019 as the seventh-richest person in America.
Julia Flesher Koch, the wife of late billionaire industrialist David Koch , recently became one of the richest women in the world.
Koch, who died in August 2019 at age 79 , controlled a fortune estimated at $53.5 billion, which meant that he and his brother Charles were tied as the seventh-richest Americans, according to the Forbes 400 ranking.
Bloomberg pegs his widow's, Flesher Koch's, net worth at $61.6 billion , which would make her the richest woman in the world. Forbes, however, estimates her wealth to be significantly less, at $43 billion , which would make her the third-richest woman in the world after Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and Alice Walton.
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Koch also left behind at least $143 million worth of real estate in New York City, the Hamptons, Aspen, and Florida, but the fate of those properties after his death is unknown.
Here's a look at Flesher Koch's life, real estate, and finances.
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