Carrie Perrodo & family

Singapore-born Ka Yee (Carrie) Wong Perrodo inherited international oil company Perenco when her husband Hubert Perrodo died in 2006.

Perenco is one of the world's largest family-owned oil companies, with operations in Gabon, Peru, Vietnam and elsewhere.

Carrie's eldest son, Francois, chairs Perenco while her daughter, Nathalie, oversees the family's winery investments in Bordeaux.