America’s Richest Self-Made Women

Donna Karan – $470 million

The fashion designer started her fashion house DKNY in 1985 after working underneath designer Anne Klein. For over 30-years, Donna Karan was the head woman at the global fashion house, with stores in almost every city in the world.

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Her fortune also comes from trademark deals and selling her brand to LVMH in 2000. After stepping down from her fashion house in 2015, Donna Karan turned her attention to philanthropic work, working on a variety of worthy causes worldwide.