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Liliane Bettencourt (born 21 October , 1922 ) is the second richest person in France , ranking 12th in Wealthiest People In The World and the wealthiest woman living. '' Forbes '' magazine estimated her wealth in 2007 at $20.7 billion. Bettencourt was the only child of Mr. Eugène Schueller , the founder of L'Oréal , one of the world's leading Cosmetics and Beauty companies. In 1927 , her mother died when Liliane was 5 years old. In 1950 , she married French politician André Bettencourt and together, they live in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France . They have one daughter, Françoise, who married Jean-Pierre Meyers, the grandson of a Rabbi who died in Auschwitz Concentration Camp . Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is a member of L'Oréal's Board Of Directors In , the remaining 46.1% are publicly traded. Bettencourt's family has a reputation for secrecy, partly due to controversy surrounding her father's connection with La Cagoule , a violent French Fascist -leaning and Anti-communist group. She created the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, which awards the "Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences" to a European researcher under the age of forty-five. A report by Forbes has her listed as the second richest person in France behind Bernard Arnault who has an estimated $26.0 billion. TRIVIA Liliane Bettencourt is the inspiration for the character of Lilliane Mattencourt in the Matthew Reilly novel '' Scarecrow '' SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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