17. Amanda Hearst

Net Worth: $100 million*
Wealth Inherited From: Hearst Corporation

Amanda Hearst is an American socialite hailing from New York and a beneficiary of the Hearst Corporation. She is also a professional model. She created a charity called Friends of Finn, which is devoted to preventing and abolishing puppy mills that treat canines cruelly.

Hearst is employed at a place where she holds the position of associate marketing editor. She was schooled at Fordham University. Her ancestor William Randolph Hearst was her great-grandfather. Her father, who was not related to the Hearst family, departed from her mother before she was born.