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ENTITY reports Spanx founder, Sara Blakely, as a woman who has crashed the billionare boys' club.Screenshot from CNN

Women are crashing the boys’ club, reaping the rewards and becoming billionaires.

Out of the hundreds on the Forbes’ world billionaire list for 2016, only 10 percent are women. But the good news is that 27 new women have now gained billionaire status. These strong and powerful ladies know how to play the game even with the odds stacked against them.

Here are some of the youngest women from Forbes’ list of world billionaires in 2016.

1 Caroline Hagen Kjos, 32 ($2.2 billion)

Caroline Hagen Kjos took over her father’s (Stein Erik Hagen) company Canica AS. Canica is one of the largest privately owned investment companies in Norway. Now, Canica AS has various investments across Scandinavia, including ASA, hardware store chain, Jernia and Orkla, a goods manufacturer. Caroline currently owns 97.5 percent of Canica AS although her father still controls about 70 percent of the votes.

2 Tatiana Casiraghi, 33 ($2.4 billion)

Tatiana Casiraghi (née Santo Domingo) became part of Monaco’s royal family after marrying Andrea Casiraghi in 2013. But even before becoming an heiress, she inherited grandfather’s (Julio Mario Santo Domingo) wealth from his Colombian brewery Bavaria. Additionally, Tatiana has some business ventures of her own. In 2011, she launched an ethical fashion company called Muzungu Sisters. This business helps support local artisans by buying handmade garments at a fair price and then reselling them.

3 Yvonne Bauer, 39 ($2.8 billion)

Yvonne Bauer is the fifth generation of her family to run the Bauer Media Group. The German company includes 600 magazines, 400 digital products and 100 radio and television stations worldwide. Today, Bauer is Europe’s largest magazine publisher and is focused on a female demographic. To help prep for her job at this media empire, Bauer studied German philology at the University of Bamberg and worked at the publishing house Hoffmann and Campe. Bauer officially took over in 2010 after her father transferred 85 percent of the business to her.

4 Charlotte Soderstrom, 39 ($2.4 billion)

Charlotte Söderström is the daughter of Sweden’s richest person, Stefan Persson, the chairman of global fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M). Söderström’s grandfather Erling Persson founded the retail chain in 1947 and she now holds a stake in the company. She currently works with H&M sponsorships. But when she’s not busy with the family business, Söderström runs a stud farm, an establishment for the selective breeding of livestock.

5 Sara Blakely, 45 ($1 billion)

Businesswoman Sara Blakely is the founder of the popular shape wear brand Spanx. Although she’s a little older than the rest of this group, Sara is actually America’s youngest female entrepreneur to rank among the world’s billionaires. When creating Spanx, Blakely started with the $5,000 she made from selling fax machines and then grew it to a billion dollar idea. According to Blakely, she is in the business of “making women look and feel great in their clothes. ”

And if you’re looking for a little more inspiration to chase your dreams, read about the women who made Forbes’ list of richest celebrities under 30.

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