The Most Successful and Influential Female Entrepreneurs Written by Kim Kiyosaki | Thursday, July 27, 2017 Read time: 3 min 5.5K There’s still plenty of room for you at the top of this list Two months ago, Forbes released its third annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women . The 60 women who made the cut have a record combined net worth of $61.5 billion. And because they weren’t born into these fortunes, we know they created their own wealth by relying on invention and innovation to build their empires. One new billionaire on the list is Carolyn Rafaelian , founder of the stackable charm-dangling bangle bracelet company Alex and Ani. She turned what women wear on their wrists into fashionable statements about their hobbies, spiritual beliefs and sports team allegiances — and catapulted herself to America’s richest jeweler. Another newcomer to the list is former news anchor Jamie Kern Lima , who began testing makeup a decade ago to