This is this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors straight to your inbox. Click here to get on the newsletter list!This week marked the launch of our annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women, and unlike prior editions of this ranking, the 2026 list focuses just on those with ten-figure fortunes. And from rocket ships and AI chips to construction and chatbots, America’s self-made female billionaires have found dozens of ways to prosper.A record 43 self-made billionaire queens of capitalism made the list, up from 38 a year ago, despite the passing of two legendary women, Gap cofounder Doris Fisher (d. May 2026 at age 94) and Bio-Rad Laboratories’ Alice Schwartz (d. September 2025, at age 99). Among the new billionaires on the list: Beyonce Knowles-Carter, who climbs into the ranks on the back of her 2025 Cowboy Carter Tour, which grossed more than $450 million in ticket sales and merchandise; and Caryn Seidman-Becker who runs Clear Secure, an ID tech outfit used for security checkpoints at airports and, increasingly, at stadiums and doctors’ offices. (Read more about her in the featured story below.)The combined net worth of these entrepreneurs, executives and celebrities stands at a record $166.3 billion. The top ten account for $96 billion of that sum; that’s more than triple the total worth of the top ten on our inaugural list in 2015—roughly on par with the 333% return of the S&P over the same period.I recommend checking out the whole package, which you can view here.Cheers!Maggie McGrathP.S.: The nominations form for the 2026 50 Over 50 list will close on Sunday night, so if you haven’t nominated yourself or someone you admire for this sixth annual flagship list, please do so now! Don’t overthink it, either; this survey is meant to be completed in just seven minutes.Exclusive Forbes Profile: Caryn Seidman Becker Bought Clear Out Of Bankruptcy. Now She’s A Billionaire.Guerin Blask for Forbes“I think people continually underestimate how hard traveling is and how much people want help in travel,” says Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker, 53, who bought the company’s assets and 190,000 people’s fingerprints for $6 million when it went bankrupt during the financial crisis. Today you can use it at 60 American airports. The New York City–based firm, which went public in 2021, now has a market cap of $7.6 billion, transla­ting into a more than 1,000% return for Seidman Becker and her initial investors. Her 14.5% stake is worth $1.1 billion, making her one of America’s 44 self-made female billionaires.ICYMI: News Of The WeekClose up of woman holding pink ribbon for breast cancer awarness. Detail of female hand holding pink awareness ribbon. Young woman supporting living with women's breast tumor.gettyOver the last several weeks, AstraZeneca has received a series of FDA approvals for drugs treating breast cancer—and it marks a potentially new phase in understanding this devastating disease. Susan Galbraith, head of oncology R&D at AstraZeneca, joined ForbesWomen editor Maggie McGrath to discuss the treatments that were approved and what they mean for patients with breast cancer. "The opportunity to make transformational change in cancer has never been more possible," Galbraith says.After a decade of blowouts, family infighting and $300 million down the hole, Gloria Moncrief fulfilled her promise to drill one of the deepest, riskiest natural gas wells—ever. Moncrief is the head of Montex Drilling Company, the family business that owns Moncrief Oil and has been spending $300,000 a day to rent the rig and staff it around the clock with 60 folks working 12-hour shifts, 14 days on, 14 days off, all to drill the second-deepest natural gas well ever in the U.S. The well was recently completed after 389 days of drilling. But will it pay off for Moncrief?Just 17 months after emerging from stealth, two-time entrepreneur and former Y Combinator partner Surbhi Sarna has raised $95 million for Collate, which developed AI tools to automate life sciences paperwork, at a valuation approaching $1 billion. Redpoint Ventures led the deal, which brings Collate’s total funding to $125 million. What is the actual dollar cost of burnout? How much is a worker’s wellbeing truly worth to an organization? Dr. Carylynn Kemp Larson is an organizational psychologist and leadership educator who wanted to answer these questions with precision–and so she built a tool called the ROI Estimator. It's now publicly available for coaches, consultants, and organizational leaders who want to move beyond anecdotes when making the case for people investments.Speaking of burnout… According to the Motherhood Index 2026, 61% of mothers describe their well-being as "good," but within that same population, 93% experience burnout, 70% get fewer than five hours of unbroken sleep a night, and nearly half needed mental or physical health support last year they didn't adequately receive. Those numbers don't contradict each other; they explain each other. A generation of mothers has quietly redefined "good well-being" to include an unsustainable structural load. The Checklist1. Get a prenup. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will almost certainly have a prenuptial agreement in place before they say “I do,” but these agreements are not just for the billionaires among us. In fact, among the unhitched, 40% of millennials and 52% of GenZers said they were “very” or “somewhat” likely to enter into a prenuptial agreement in the future. 2. Figure out if you’re living on autopilot. Contrary to what some may think, emotional disconnection does not always present as obvious sadness. Sometimes it even looks productive. Possible signs include major achievements feeling surprisingly flat; constantly anticipating the next obligation; and feeling more relief than joy after accomplishing goals.3. Ask yourself four questions before turning your hobby into a business. For some people, turning a hobby into a business can create freedom and meaningful work. But when every private interest becomes something to package or sell, people risk losing one of the few places where they can simply exist without being evaluated. Here are the honest questions you should ask yourself before making the jump.The QuizThe White House is hosting an MMA fight dubbed “UFC Freedom 250” on its South Lawn this month, on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. Hundreds of active military members are expected to attend, but only if they meet which of the following physical requirements? No facial hairA shoulder-to-waist ratio of at least 1.618A waist-to-height ratio of 0.55 or lessAble to complete 100 consecutive pushups Check your answer.Liked what you read? Click here to get on the newsletter list!