Marian Ilitch, 86 – Est. $4.3B
Marian Ilitch started out in business as a young girl helping her father out at his dinner. The entrepreneurial skills she picked up helped her create a fortune in the billion dollar range within the food and entertainment industries. Together with her husband Mike Ilitch, she founded Little Caesars which is now a pizza chain with locations in 50 states and presence in 17 international markets. The company has since expanded to ventures like sports arenas, entertainment management, casino gaming, and food distribution. Bloomberg ranked Marian amongst their 2018 list of the seven richest women in the world.
