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Female entrepreneurs. American entrepreneur, television host and media executive Oprah Winfrey receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama in 2013. Finnish entrepreneur Armi Ratia (1912–1979), founder of the Marimekko textile and home decorating company. Female entrepreneurs are women who organize and manage an ...
There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [1] Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman. According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with ...
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States. Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy. Taylor Swift, musician. Karen Lynch, CEO of CVS Health. Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup. Abigail Johnson, President-CEO of Fidelity Investments.
This is a list of Women CEOs of the Fortune 500, based on the magazine's 2024 list (updated yearly). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of Sept, 2024, women were CEOs at 10.4 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Fortune 500 women CEOs as of 2024 (52 women)
Federal Prison Camp, Bryan. Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American biotechnology entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud in connection with her blood-testing company, Theranos. [2] The company's valuation soared after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes ...
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1] Multiple sources mention that although other women (like Mary Ellen ...
Shyamala Gopinath (born 1949), former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, chair of HDFC Bank. Vandana Luthra (born 1959), entrepreneur, founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), chair and CEO of Biocon. Megha Mittal (born 1976), chair and CEO of the German fashion firm Escada.
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative. [1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.