Forbes List The Richest Self Made Women In America.

Jin Sook Chang.

A look at some of the nation’s self-made women billionaires on this year’s Forbes 400 list:

Jin Sook Chang, net worth $4.5 billion, No. 79:Immigrating from South Korea in 1981, Chang and husband Do Won created the Forever 21 clothing chain, which now spans nearly 500 stores.

Gayle Cook, 78, net worth $3.7 billion, No. 104: Cook and her late husband, William, created the medical device company Cook Group in Indiana in 1963. She continues to serve on the board.

Doris Fisher, 81, net worth $2.9 billion, No. 142: Doris Fisher and her late husband, Donald, founded the Gap in San Francisco in 1969. Gap Inc. has grown to include the Banana Republic and Old Navy brands, among others, and operates more than 3,000 stores around the world.

Diane Hendricks, 65, net worth $2.9 billion, No. 142: Hendricks is chairman and co-founder, with her late husband, Kenneth, of Wisconsin-based ABC Supply, the largest roofing, window and siding wholesale distributor in the country.

Michael and Marian Ilitch, net worth $2.7 billion, No. 151: Ilitch and her husband opened a pizza shop in 1959 and grew it into the Little Caesar’s Pizza chain.

Oprah Winfrey, 58, net worth $2.7 billion, No. 151: The nation’s only African-American billionaire, Winfrey came from meager beginnings to build a television empire with massive influence on what people around the globe read, eat and think.

Stewart and Lynda Resnick, net worth $2.2 billion, No. 218: The Resnicks own POM Wonderful, Fiji Water, the flower delivery service Teleflora and some of the nation’s largest nut and citrus farms.

Andrew and Peggy Cherng, net worth $2 billion, No. 239: The Cherngs came from China in 1966 and together founded the Panda Express restaurant chain, growing it into a $1.6 billion business that operates 1,500 locations.

Judy Faulkner, 68, net worth $1.7 billion, No. 285: In 1979, Faulkner founded electronic health records company Epic Systems, which will be used by more than 40 percent of the U.S. population by next year.

Meg Whitman, 56, net worth $1.7 billion, No. 285: Whitman made her fortune as CEO of online marketplace eBay Inc. After a failed bid for California governor, the tech exec has taken on the challenge of turning around Hewlett-Packard.

Johnelle Hunt, 80, net worth $1.6 billion, No. 298: With her late husband, Johnnie, Hunt founded J.B. Hunt Transport Services in 1969 and grew the company into one of the largest truckers in the nation.

Elaine Wynn, 69, net worth $1.4 billion, No. 328: With her now ex-husband, Steve, Wynn founded a casino empire that included the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn and Encore resorts.

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