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Female entrepreneurship has been recognized as an important source of economic growth. Female entrepreneurs create new jobs for themselves and others and also provide society with different solutions to management, organisation, and business problems. However, they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs.
Newsweek named Dai one of the "150 Women Who Shake the World." [20] She has been profiled by CNN International for the Leading Women Innovator Series. [21] In 2004, Dai was a recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award. [22] On May 12, 2012, Dai became the first female commencement speaker at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. [23]
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (born 1980) is an Ethiopian businesswoman, founder, and executive director of soleRebels, Africa's "fastest growing footwear company". Bethlehem has received honors and accolades for her business acumen, as well as her efforts to shift the discourse on Africa away from poverty to the continent's entrepreneurial spirit, social capital, and economic potential. [1]
She is the richest chef in India and today is the most successful amongst the Masterchef winners worldwide . On 11 September 2013, she opened her first Restaurant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat named "H.O.T - House of Taste" [5] On 14 January 2017, Shipra Opened her First Restaurant in New Delhi, India named The Darzi Bar & Kitchen. [6] [7]
Updated March 7, 2017 at 2:09 PM Women in Business Surging As of 2016, women held about 24 percent of all senior business roles in the world, which was up about 2 percent from 2015.
Kalpana Saroj (born 1961) is an Indian business woman, entrepreneur and a TEDx speaker, [1] and the chairperson of Kamani Tubes in Mumbai, India.Known as Indian Woman entrepreneur, she bought the distressed assets of Kamani Tubes Company and successfully steered the company back to profitability.
Janice Bryant Howroyd (born September 1, 1952) is an entrepreneur, businesswoman, and author. She is founder and chief executive officer of The ActOne Group, [1] the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company founded in the U.S. [2] [3] Howroyd is the first African-American woman to build and own a billion dollar company.
In 2012, Blakely landed on the cover of Forbes magazine for being the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. [13] In October 2013, Blakely explained that her ambition is to design the world's most comfortable high-heel shoe prior to retirement. [14] She was listed as the 93rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. [4]