Title IX investigations in the sciences galvanized the public to focus on the achievements of women, even a recent study proved that females and males perform equally in mathematics, and just when the Beijing Olympics committee decides to dole out gender verification tests to female athletes; Forbes.com releases the list of “The World’s Youngest Billionaire Women.”

To commemorate the release of this list of powerful, influential super women, check out the top five women who will wear the pants while placing your nuts in a vice.

5. Zhang Xin
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
At the age of 14, Xin toiled in a Hong Kong sweatshop. She has experienced more than her fair share of hard work. Xin used her ambition and ingenuity to get to Cambridge University. As a result, she and her husband head the most successful property development company SOHO China.

4. J.K. Rowling
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Initially becoming fast friends with failure, Rowling dreamed up a Tolkien-esque fantasy, which has become the beloved Harry Potter series. She cultivated her writing skills at Wyedean Comprehensive, and polished them as a rock music lover at Exeter University. Currently, Rowling spends her time laughing abject poverty in the face with her status as the only billionaire author. 

3. Begunham Dogan Faralyali
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Born into affluence as the daughter of Turkey’s media magnate, Begunham Faralyali decided she wouldn’t rest on her laurels (like some American heiresses we know). Faralyali earned her undergraduate from the London School of Economics, and then pursued an M.B.A. at Stanford. She has now earned her rightful place among her family members as a media and technology consultant to major companies.

2. Hind Hariri
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
A little bit of a Lebanese diva, with a penchant for Chanel designs and a weakness for fashion shows in Paris and Milan, Hariri in the second youngest billionaire in the world. Aside from her sultry raven hair, and smoldering brown eyes, she has carried on her father’s good name through altruism. Recently, Hariri earned her degree from the Lebanese American University.

1. Oprah Winfrey
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Reigning queen of American talk show television, Winfrey has overcome yo-yo diet jabs to ungrounded accusations of an affair with long-time friend Gayle. Calling Tennessee home, at Tennessee State University, she won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant  crown. Struggling through abuse in her youth, Winfrey couldn’t have expected wealth and fame of this magnitude. She not only makes money, she shares it. From giving away cars to unexpected audience members to building schools in Africa, Oprah has become the first rate example of success in its truest form.