Who are the richest women celebrities in the United States?

Several celebrities increased their fortunes in the past year. Artists like Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Beyoncé Knowles have grown their fortunes while grabbing headlines and breaking records along the way.

For example, Beyoncé became the artist with the most Grammy awards in history by getting her 32nd statuette. Meanwhile, Rihanna performed one of the most watched Super Bowl halftime shows, while Taylor Swift broke sales records with her tickets to The Eras Tour.

Beyoncé, Rihanna and Taylor Swift are just some of the celebrities that are part of the list of the richest women in the United States who have built their own fortune.

Who are the richest women celebrities in the United States?

The 15 women on this Forbes list are worth a combined $10.8 billion, with Taylor Swift adding more to her fortune than any other celebrity last year. Furthermore, her net worth is expected to continue to rise for next year's list as she continues to tour.

Shonda Rhimes enters the list thanks to the success of her shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal”, as well as recent Netflix hits, “Bridgerton’”and “Inventing Anna”, as well as “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”. Here’s the list of the 15 richest famous women in the United States.

Oprah Winfrey

Net worth: $2.5 billion

Winfrey reportedly expanded her real estate portfolio after acquiring nearly 900 acres of land on Maui earlier this year. She also has 13 properties in the Hawaiian Islands, as well as real estate in California and Wyoming.

Rihanna

Net worth: $1.4 billion

Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show in February drew 121 million viewers, making it one of the most watched ever. Meanwhile, she is launching a new Fenty X Puma partnership and has an estimated 30% stake in the Savage X Fenty lingerie line. The bulk of her fortune comes from Fenty Beauty, the makeup line she co-owns with LVMH and whose sales will double by 2022, according to Forbes.

Kim Kardashian

Net worth: $1.2 billion

The TV star and business mogul thrives on both fronts, becoming the richest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. On the TV side, she continues to appear on “The Kardashians” on Hulu. She will join the cast of season 12 of “American Horror Story”.

Her private equity firm, SKKY Partners, headed by a former Carlyle Group executive, is reportedly trying to raise a billion-dollar fund to invest in consumer and media companies, according to Forbes.

These were the three richest celebrities in the United States who have built their own fortune. Here’s the rest of the ranking.