America’s Richest Self-Made Female Entrepreneurs in 2025
In 2025, women entrepreneurs in the U.S. continue to redefine success with innovation, action and grit. From technology and healthcare to construction and consumer goods, these self-made women created billion-dollar businesses on their own terms. According to Forbes and The Founders Magazine, the minimum net worth to make America’s richest self-made women this year is about $350 million—an indicator of how rapidly female-led businesses are scaling.
1. Diane Hendricks – The Construction Queen
Diane Hendricks, with a net worth of $22.3 billion, sits atop the list. She co-founded the wholesale distribution of roofing and building materials company ABC Supply in 1982, a venture she took over after the death of her husband. She led the firm to become the largest wholesale distributor in America at the time, with over 900 branches.
2. Judy Love – Retail Tycoon
Just behind Love is Judy Love, co-founder of Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, with a net worth of around $13.1 billion. Starting in the 1960s with one gas station, Love grew into one of the largest chains of travel centres in the nation, which serves millions of drivers each year. Love’s story illustrates that consistency and a customer service-oriented mindset can develop a multibillion-dollar enterprise, even from a fledgling business.
3. Judy Faulkner – Healthcare Pioneer
Judy Faulkner has a net worth of about $7.8 billion, the founder and current CEO of Epic Systems. Faulkner started in 1979 from her basement, providing medical software that serves large hospitals today, plus she works with thousands of others. Faulkner emphasises ethical growth and patient data protection as a priority, resulting in Epic becoming one of the healthcare technology’s most trusted names.
4. Thai Lee – Technology Pioneer
With a net worth of almost $7 billion, Thai Lee evolved a software reseller into a global IT solutions corporation, SHI International. Lee’s management of a competitive industry has made her one of the most notable Asian-American entrepreneurs in the United States.
5. Lynda Resnick – The Branding Pro
Co-owner of The Wonderful Company, Lynda Resnick, has a net worth of $6.3 billion. She is responsible for successful marketing stories like Wonderful Pistachios and POM Wonderful, having figured out how to marry farming with great consumer branding.
