5. Wendy Appelbaum
Wendy is South African millionaire who became a director of her father’s insurance and real estate company: Liberty Investors. In her philanthropic nature, she has donated more than $23million to pursuing the cause of Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Donald Gordon Medical Centre, in memory of her father. Wendy Appelbaum’s net worth as of early 2012 is estimated at $259.3 million.
