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Mo Abudu Mosunmola Abudu, also known as ''Mo Abudu'', (born 11 September 1964), is a Nigerian media mogul, philanthropist, and former human resources management consultant. She has been described by Forbes as "Africa's Most Successful Woman", and rated ...
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Olajumoke Adenowo Olajumoke Olufunmilola Adenowo (born 16 October 1968) is a Nigerian architect. She started her own architecture and interior design firm AD Consulting in 1994. Early life and education Adenowo was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Her parent ...
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Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch,The de Facto First Lady of Morocco(since Morocco already has a Queen Consort),is a businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is the founder and current president of Aksal Holding, a Moroccan company specializing in retail, ...
* Folorunsho Alakija * Jessica Alba *
Janine Allis Janine Allis (born 1965) is an Australian businesswoman who is the founder of Boost Juice and part-owner of Retail Zoo, which is the parent company of Boost Juice, Salsa's Fresh Mex Grill and Cibo Espresso. Allis started Boost Juice from her ...
* Mother Angelica *
Cheryl Arrowsmith Cheryl H. Arrowsmith is a Canadian structural biologist and is the Chief Scientist at the Toronto laboratory of the Structural Genomics Consortium. Her contributions to protein structural biology includes the use of NMR and X-ray crystallography ...
* Laura Ashley *
Bolanle Austen-Peters Bolanle Austen-Peters (born 4 February 1969), is a Nigerian movie director, theater producer and cultural entrepreneur. She is the founder and artistic director of BAP Productions and the arts and culture center Terra Kulture in Lagos. She has be ...
* Linda Avey


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Viveka Babajee Viveka Babajee (27 May 1973 – 25 June 2010) was a Mauritian model and actress. She held the titles of Miss Mauritius World 1993 and Miss Mauritius Universe 1994. She was best known for her KamaSutra condom advertisements in the 1990s, and f ...
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Bibi Bakare-Yusuf Bibi Bakare-Yusuf Hon. FRSL (born 1970) is a Nigerian academic, writer and editor from Lagos, Nigeria. She co-founder the publishing company Cassava Republic Press in 2006, in Abuja with Jeremy Weate. Cassava Republic Press was created with a fo ...
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Romana Acosta Bañuelos Romana Acosta Bañuelos (March 20, 1925 – January 15, 2018) was the thirty-fourth Treasurer of the United States. Appointed by President Richard Nixon on September 20, 1971,
* Drew Barrymore *
Ayah Bdeir Ayah Bdeir ( ar, آية بدير; born 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is an entrepreneur, inventor, and interactive artist. She is the founder and CEO of littleBits. She is also the co-founder of Daleel Thawra, a directory of protests, initiatives, ...
* Olive Ann Beech *
Alice Bentinck Alice Yvonne Bentinck (born 23 July 1986) is a British entrepreneur. Along with Matt Clifford, she is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, a London-based company builder and startup accelerator. Based in London and Singapore, EF funds ambitiou ...
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Gina Bianchini Gina Bianchini (born 1972) is an American entrepreneur and investor. She is the Founder & CEO of Mighty Networks. Early life and career She grew up in Cupertino, California, graduated with honors from Stanford University, started her career ...
* Sara Blakely *
Francesca Bortolotto Possati Francesca Bortolotto Possati is an Italian entrepreneur, author, interior designer, philanthropist and hotelier. She is the chief executive officer of the Bauer Hotel group in Venice, and the granddaughter of Arnaldo Bennati, a Ligurian shipbui ...
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Anita Schjøll Brede Anita Schjøll Brede (born 198*) is a Norwegian entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Iris.AI. Early life She grew up in Bærum, Norway. Education She received her Bachelor in Theatre and Communication studies. She also studied a master's degree ...
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Sandra Bullock Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sandra Bullock, various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was ...
* Tory Burch *
Margaret Busby Margaret Yvonne Busby, , Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK. She was Britain's youngest and first black female book publisherJazzmine Breary"Let' ...
* Lauren Bush *
Leah Busque Leah Busque (born November 15, 1979), the founder of TaskRabbit, is an American entrepreneur. The 2008-founded company was originally named RunMyErrand and was renamed in 2010. Biography Busque graduated from Sweet Briar College in 2001, earni ...


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* Jan Cameron *
Julie Chaiken Julie Chaiken is an American entrepreneur and fashion designer. She is best known as the founder of Chaiken, a San Francisco-based clothing line. Early life and education Chaiken, who was born in Detroit, grew up in Northern California, the ...
* Juliana Chan * Coco Chanel *
Nancy T. Chang Nancy Tang Chang (born 1950), née Tang Nanshan (), is a biochemist who cofounded Tanox in 1986 to address medical needs in the areas of allergy, asthma, inflammation and diseases affecting the human immune system. Tanox took an innovative approac ...
* Eva Chen *
Jane Chen Jane Marie Chen is the co-founder of Embrace, a social enterprise startup that produces a low-cost infant warmer, that gives premature and low-birth-weight infants a better chance at survival. She served as the first CEO of Embrace, the non-prof ...
* Leeann Chin *
Phyllis Christian Phyllis M. Christian (born 1956) is a Ghanaian lawyer and consultant who has been called "one of the most influential women in Ghana".Paul Adom-Otchere"Exclusive interview with Phyllis Maria Christian; founder Shawbell Consulting"(video) 23 Jun ...
* Yael Cohen *
Jenny Craig Jenny Craig, Inc., often known simply as Jenny Craig, is an American weight loss, weight management, and nutrition company. The company has more than 700 weight management centers in Australia, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. The pro ...
* Jan Crouch * Lucia Cunanan * Louisa Knapp Curtis


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* Evelyn de Mille * Dorimène Roy Desjardins * Marthe Distel * Jenny Doan * Donna Dubinsky * Helen Duhamel * Marguerite Durand * Adele Duttweiler


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* Fifi Ejindu * Inger McCabe Elliott * Jeri Ellsworth *
Judith Estrin Judith "Judy" L. Estrin (born 1954/1955) is an American entrepreneur, business executive, and philanthropist. Estrin worked with Vinton Cerf on the Transmission Control Protocol project at Stanford University in the 1970s. Estrin is an entrepreneu ...
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Melanie Eusebe Melanie Veronique Eusebe (born 12 March 1977) is a British entrepreneur and author, known for co-founding the ''Black British Business Awards'' in 2014. She has written for publications such as ''The Huffington Post'' and '' Management Today''. ...


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* Caterina Fake * Lizanne Falsetto * Tara Fela-Durotoye *
Samrawit Fikru Samrawit Fikru (Amharic: ሳምራዊት ፍቅሩ) is an Ethiopian computer scientist, entrepreneur, and businesswoman who is the founder and CEO of Hybrid Designs, a software development company which produces the most popular ridesharing app ...
* Doris F. Fisher * Jennifer Fleiss *
Ping Fu Ping Fu (born 1958) is a Chinese-American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of 3D software development company Geomagic, and was its chief executive officer until February 2013 when the company was acquired by 3D Systems Inc. , she is the Vic ...


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* Susie Galvez * Jennifer Garner * Muma Gee * Françoise Giroud * Anne Glover *
Diane Greene Diane B. Greene (born June 9, 1955) is an American technology entrepreneur and executive. Greene started her career as a naval architect before transitioning to the tech industry, where she was a founder and CEO of VMware from 1998 until 2008. ...
* Serena Guen


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Kathryn Hach-Darrow Kathryn "Kitty" Hach-Darrow (October 20, 1922 – June 4, 2020) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who co-founded the Hach Chemical Company in 1947 with her first husband Clifford C. Hach (pronounced hɑ:k). She was essential to th ...
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Vivienne Harris (businesswoman) Vivienne Harris (''née'' Hytner; 7 November 1921 – 4 March 2011''England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2015'') was a British businesswoman, newspaper publisher and journalist who co-founded the ''Jewish Telegraph'' in December 1950 with her hu ...
* Dianne Haskett *
Christy Haubegger Christy Haubegger (born August 15, 1968) is the founder of ''Latina'' magazine and was formerly the Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Inclusion Officer and Head of Marketing & Communications, at WarnerMedia. Early life She was born i ...
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Diane Hendricks Diane Marie Hendricks (née Smith; born 1947) is an American billionaire businesswoman and film producer from Wisconsin. She is the widow of the late businessman Ken Hendricks. Early life Hendricks was born and raised in Osseo, Wisconsin, the d ...
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Carolina Herrera (fashion designer) Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño; 8 January 1939) is a Venezuelan-American fashion designer known for her personal style, and for dressing various First Ladies, including Jacqueline Onassis, Laura Bush, Mich ...
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Ingeborg Hochmair Ingeborg J. Hochmair-Desoyer (born 1953) is an Austrian electrical engineer and the CEO and CTO of hearing implant company MED-EL. Dr Hochmair and her husband Prof. Erwin Hochmair co-created the first micro-electronic multi-channel cochlear i ...
* Catherine Hoke * Krisztina Holly * Elizabeth Holmes * Jessica Huntley *
Jennifer Hyman Jennifer Hyman is the CEO and co-founder of Rent the Runway, a company focused on the renting of high-end clothing and accessories. Early life and education Jennifer Hyman grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and attended New Rochelle High School ...


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* Marian Ilitch *
Janine Irons Janine Mireille Irons is a British music educator, artist manager and producer, who in 1991 co-founded with her partner Gary Crosby (bassist), Gary Crosby the music education and professional development organisation Tomorrow's Warriors, of whic ...


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Jessica Jackley Jessica Erin Jackley (born October 29, 1977) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Kiva and later ProFounder, two organizations that promote development through microloans. Early life Jackley grew up in Franklin Park, Pennsylvania. She grad ...
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Christine Jennings Christine Jennings (born November 26, 1945) is a banker and businesswoman, and a Democratic politician in Florida. She formerly served as the chair of the Sarasota County Democratic Party. In 2006, Jennings was the Democratic nominee for the Un ...
* Mary Lou Jepsen * Margaret Josephs


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Katherine Anna Kang Katherine Anna Kang (born December 15, 1970) is an American video game designer. Career In 2000, as founder and CEO of Fountainhead Entertainment, she championed machinima and became known as one of machinima's biggest supporters. Through Foun ...
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Elle Kaplan Elle Kaplan is an American entrepreneur. Kaplan is the chief executive officer and founding partner of LexION Capital, a New York-based fiduciary wealth management firm. Kaplan received her B.S. from the University of Michigan in English and che ...
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Margaret Karcher Margaret Magdalen Heinz Karcher (March 2, 1915 – June 6, 2006) was an American fast-food pioneer who co-founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain with her husband Carl Karcher, which today is owned by parent company CKE Restaurants. Karcher and h ...
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Kathy Keeton Kathryn "Kathy" Keeton (February 17, 1939 – September 19, 1997) was an American magazine publisher along with her partner, and later husband, ''Penthouse Penthouse most often refers to: *Penthouse apartment, a special apartment on the top fl ...
* Kehinde Kamson *
Carolyn Kepcher Carolyn Kepcher (born January 30, 1969) is an American businesswoman who was one of the judges on the NBC television program ''The Apprentice''. She was formerly the Executive Vice President, chief operating officer, for the Trump Golf Propertie ...
* Miranda Kerr * Nicole Kersh * Nicole Kidman * Jasmina King * Natalia King * Tina Knowles * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter * Sandra Kurtzig


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Maxine Lapiduss Maxine Lapiduss is an American comedian-singer, television comedy writer, director, producer, entrepreneur, and branding strategist. She is a graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School and the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, both i ...
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Dylan Lauren Dylan Lauren (born May 9, 1974) is an American businesswoman. She is the daughter of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, and the owner of New York City's Dylan's Candy Bar, which claims to be the "largest candy store in the world". Early life ...
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Aileen Lee Aileen Lee (born 1970) is a U.S. venture capital angel investor and co-founder of Cowboy Ventures. Lee coined the often-used Silicon Valley term Unicorn (finance), unicorn in a ''TechCrunch'' article "Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning from B ...
* Hayley Leibson * Prue Leith *
Bonnie Leman Bonnie Hale Leman was the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, and one of the nation's first female magazine publishers. Early life and education Born September 28, 1926, in Purdin, Missouri, to Rex and Laura Hale, she left home for college ...
* Tara Lemmey * Jacqueline Leo * Sandy Lerner * Christine Liang *
Andrea Lo Andrea Lo (born 1986) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding the children's fundraising website Piggybackr. In 2012, Andrea was named one of “6 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch” by Forbes for founding Piggybackr as a cro ...
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Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...


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* Julie Macklowe *
Christine Magee Christine Magee (born November 7, 1959) is the co-founder and president of Sleep Country Canada. In October 1994, she co-founded the company with Stephen K. Gunn and Gordon Lownds. By 2004, the company had expanded to 89 stores, with over 600 emp ...
* Marjorie Magner * Alice Marriott * Natalie Massenet * Jennifer McGarigle *
Sara Anne McLagan Sara Anne McLagan (1 April 1855 – 20 March 1924), born Sara Anne Maclure, was an Irish-born Canadian newspaper editor and clubwoman, co-founder and publisher of the ''Vancouver Daily World''. She is often described as "the first female publ ...
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Sarma Melngailis Sarma Melngailis (born September 10, 1972) is an American chef, cookbook author, and businesswoman. She was the owner and co-founder of Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck, both vegan raw food restaurants in New York City. Melngailis' restauran ...
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Teresa H. Meng Teresa Huai-Ying Meng (; born 1961) is a Taiwanese-American academician and entrepreneur. She is the Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emerita, at Stanford University, and founder of Atheros Communications, a wireless semico ...
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Heidi Messer Heidi Messer (born August 28, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and investor who has founded several global businesses, most notably LinkShare and Collective Messer served as a board member, President, and Chief Operating Officer of LinkShare, ...
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Janee Michelle Janee Michelle (born Geneva Leona Mercadel; 1946), also known as Gee Tucker, is an American actress, former model, dancer, and businessperson, best known for her role in the 1974 horror film '' The House on Skull Mountain''. Her acting and model ...
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Carole Middleton Carole Elizabeth Middleton (''née'' Goldsmith; born 31 January 1955) is a British businesswoman. She is the mother of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Philippa Matthews, and James Middleton. Born in Perivale and brought up in Southall, London ...
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Kathryn Minshew Kathryn Minshew is an American entrepreneur, the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career-development platform.Wang, Jennifer"How 5 Successful Entrepreneurs Bounced Back After Failure" entrepreneur.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013. Career Mi ...
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Brit Morin Brittany "Brit" Morin (born 6 December 1985) is an American venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and technologist. She is the co-founder of and managing partner at Offline Ventures, an early stage venture fund and studio, founder and CEO of Brit + ...
* Beth Murphy *
Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, OC (1888 – September 25, 1982, age 94) was an American-Canadian newspaper editor, publisher, and columnist, an officer of the Order of Canada, and the wife of publisher and British Columbia MLA George Murray. The Mu ...


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Nicole Notat Nicole Notat, born 26 July 1947 in Châtrices, Marne, is the former secretary general of the union CFDT. She is currently founder and president of Vigeo, a company committed to a concept of sustainable development. Notat is a member of the ' ...


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* Ola Orekunrin *
Mildred Ellen Orton Mildred Ellen Orton (February 9, 1911 – May 6, 2010) was an American businesswoman and author who co-founded the Vermont Country Store with her husband, Vrest Orton, in Weston, Vermont, in 1946. Biography Orton was born Mildred Ellen Wilcox at a ...


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* Despina Papadopoulos * Alicia Patterson *
Monique Péan Monique Péan (born wikt:circa, c. 1981) is an American artist whose practice is focused on fine jewelry, sculpture, painting and furniture. Her studio is based in New York City. Her work explores themes of space, temporality, identity, and origin ...
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Melissa Perello Melissa Perello is an American chef, she is best known for holding a Michelin star at her restaurant Frances in San Francisco. She had previously won a star at restaurant Fifth Floor, and has won awards from both ''Chronicles'' and ''Food & Wine' ...
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Irina Petrushova Irina Petrushova (russian: Ирина Петрушова; born 1965) is a Russian journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly '' Respublika'' in Kazakhstan. After a series of stories exposing government corruption, her life was threaten ...
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Tiffany Pham Tiffany Pham (born 27 November 1986) is an American entrepreneur, TV and film personality, author, and artist. Education Tiffany Pham graduated with distinction from Yale University and Harvard Business School. Career Tiffany Pham is the foun ...
* Mary Pickford * Tina Piermarini * Laurene Powell Jobs * Jane Pratt *
Jennifer N. Pritzker Jennifer Natalya Pritzker (born James Nicholas Pritzker; August 13, 1950) is an American investor, philanthropist, and member of the Pritzker family. Pritzker retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Illinois Army National Guard (ILARNG) in 200 ...
* Penny Pritzker


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* Laurice Rahmé * Heather Reisman * Anita Roddick *
Rossana Rossanda Rossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian communist politician, journalist, and feminist. Biography Rossanda was born in Pula, then part of Italy. She studied in Milan and was a student of philosopher Antonio Banfi. ...
* Martine Rothblatt * Helena Rubinstein *
Michele Ruiz Michele Ruiz (born January 21, 1965), is an entrepreneur, award-winning broadcast journalist, author, public speaker and former Los Angeles news anchor for KNBC-TV. She is co-founder and CEO of BiasSync, a SaaS technology company that helps orga ...
* Sarina Russo


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* Mary Ann Sainsbury *
Harriet Samuel Harriet Samuel (née Wolf) (8 March 1836 – 6 February 1908) was an English businesswoman and the founder of H. Samuel, one of the United Kingdom's best-known high street jewellery retailers. Life and career Harriet Wolf was born on 8 March ...
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H. Samuel H. Samuel is a mass-market jewellery chain, operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is part of the Signet Group of jewellery retailers. History In 1862, Harriet Samuel (née Wolf) took over her father-in-law Moses Samuel's clock-making ...
* Selena * Mary Ann Shadd *
Tina Sharkey Tina Sharkey (born 1964) is an American entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. Noted for "discovering ways to bring consumers and businesses together," she co-founded Brandless and ''iVillage''; served as chair and global president of BabyCenter; le ...
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Clara Shih Clara Chung-wai Shih (born January 11, 1982) is an American businesswoman. She is the CEO and co-founder of Hearsay Social. Early life and education Shih was born in Hong Kong. Her father, a math professor in Hong Kong, later became an electr ...
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Naomi Simson Naomi Simson (born 22 February 1964) is an Australian businessperson, entrepreneur, podcaster and blogger. After launching the Australian online success story RedBalloon in 2001, Naomi went on to co-found Big Red Group with partner David Anderson ...
* Esther Snyder * Kate Spade *
Christine Spiten Christine Spiten (born March 20, 1990) is a Norwegian sailing champion, Engineer and Co-founder oBlueye Robotics She is also Co-Captain oEntrepreneurShip One Education Spiten earned a M.Sc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from ...
* Patti Stanger *
Sally Steele Sally Steele ( Craig) is the publisher, founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of '' Vegas Rocks! Magazine''. She also contributes as the head writer and photographer. Steele began her early career in photography and later spent time in various music ...
* Debbie Sterling * Martha Stewart * Jill Stuart * Riniki Bhuyan Sarma


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* Vivienne Tam * Therese Tucker


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Gloria Vanderbilt Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. During the 1930s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother ...
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Deena Varshavskaya Deena Varshavskaya is the founder and CEO of Wanelo (“wah-nee-loh,” from Want, Need, Love) a digital mall where users can discover and buy products from anywhere online. She lives in San Francisco, California. Early life Varshavskaya was bor ...
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Fernanda Viégas Fernanda Bertini Viégas (born 1971) is a Brazilian computer scientist and graphical designer, whose work focuses on the social, collaborative and artistic aspects of information visualization. Biography Viégas studied graphic design and art h ...


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* Lila Bell Wallace *
Cher Wang Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industr ...
* Vera Wang * Haley Webb *
Patti Webster Patti Webster (June 18, 1964 – September 13, 2013) was an American entertainment publicist, author, and minister. As the CEO of W&W Public Relations, a company she founded in 1991, Webster represented notable recording artists, athletes, and ac ...
* Margaret Weis * Meg Whitman *
Verna Wilkins Verna Allette Wilkins FRSL (born 1943) is a Grenada-born publisher and author, now resident in London. In 1987 she founded the children's books imprint Tamarind Books, "producing quality inclusive literature that featured Black, Asian and minority ...
* Virginia Williamson *
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), or simply Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', br ...
* Amanda Wixted * Anne Wojcicki * Victoria Woodhull


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* Lovie Yancey * Peggy Yu * Dina Yuen


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* Zhou Qunfei * Lydia Zimmermann


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