$6.9 Billion

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Eva Gonda de Rivera is a Mexican businesswoman. She, along with her daughters, owns a major stake in the FEMSA beverage corporation, which operates convenience stores and bottling plants across Mexico and Latin America. She was married to Eugenio Garza Lagüera until his death in 2008. Her net worth in 2014, according to Forbes magazine, is $7.4 billion. She is the fifth wealthiest person in Mexico, and the 189th wealthiest in the world. Born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Rivera received her Bachelor's of Arts and Sciences from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, where she met Lagüera. They were married in 1957. She currently lives in Monterrey. Rivera has four daughters; one, Eva Maria Garza Lagüera Gonda, is married to the current C.E.O. of FEMSA, Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal.