An author has made billions through her career and has surpassed some of the most famous writers to take the top spot as the world’s richest. Elisabeth Badinter has a net worth of £2.2 billion while Harry Potter creator, J.K. Rowling sits at second place with £1.55 billion. Badinter is a famous French philosopher and writer – her feminist works have left their mark on literature.

She has also authored nearly two dozen books and is a professor at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, where she…