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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.
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.
One in nine corporations on the Fortune 500 list still do not include any women on their board. [16] [17] 50/50 Women on Boards, established in 2010 to advocate for an increase of female positions at board level and greater board level gender equality, states that as of December 2022 women held 28.4% of the Russell 3000 Index company board ...
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]
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. [3] She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, [4] a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India [5] and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. [6]
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]
Rinehart is Australia's richest person. Her wealth reached around A$ 29 billion in 2012, at which point she overtook Christy Walton as the world's richest woman and was included on the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Rinehart's net worth dropped significantly over the following few years due to a slowdown in the Australian ...
Jyoti Gogte (born 1956), Indian entrepreneur; Nabomita Mazumdar, businesswoman; Zia Mody (born 1956), legal consultant, managing partner of AZB & Partners; Smriti Nagpal, CEO of Atulyakala; Leena Nair (born 1969), Executive Director, HR, Hindustan Unilever; Lavanya Nalli, vice chairman of Nalli Group of Companies