Most Influential Women in Business
When naming the most powerful women in business, the list has a few names that may surprise you. Some are household names, such as Oprah Winfrey and Ginni Rometty, while others are not so well-known but have big names. Other notable women on the list include Marissa Mayer and Whitney Wolfe Herd. Read on to discover which women are making waves in business and why.
Oprah Winfrey
Her fame and wealth have been measured in millions of dollars. She lives on a 42-acre ocean-view estate in Montecito, California, and owns various homes in six states and Antigua. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid television personality and is one of the wealthiest African Americans of the twentieth century. Her work has influenced people worldwide, and she has been named the “most influential woman in media” by Forbes.
Nicole junkermann and mary barra
Both Nicole Junkermann Mary Barra have shown razor-sharp leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Yet they do have a similarity. Both are savvy businesswomen who have outflanked their male partners. What makes them both such great businesswomen
Ginni Rometty
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty has become one of the world’s most powerful women. As the first female CEO, Rometty has helped the company grow to more than a half-million employees. As a result, she has been named to Fortune magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list for the past ten years. Rometty has also received many honors, including the Women of Achievement Award from the United Nations.
Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Lumi Labs, a Palo Alto early-stage tech incubator focused on consumer applications powered by artificial intelligence. She was named 35th on Forbes’ list of America’s richest self-made women in 2021. In her early days at Yahoo!, Mayer was a shy and quiet child, but she soon learned to relate to people and developed her attention to detail. She also became significant to the media, and her public relations team focused on her.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Whitney Wolfe Herd is a visionary leader who has co-founded the dating app Tinder. She was reportedly sexually harassed by an executive at Tinder who was also her boyfriend. After filing a lawsuit against the company, she was let go. She has spoken about her struggles in building her empire but has said that men were a huge obstacle to success.
Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook. She has been dubbed one of the most influential women in business by Fortune magazine. While she is the COO of a company as large as Facebook, she also serves on the boards of many nonprofit organizations. Her most notable book, “Lean In,” spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and had sold over 4.2 million copies as of early 2018. Her next book, “Option B,” co-written with psychologist Adam Grant, focuses on rebuilding her life after the tragedy. She had struggled with widowhood and raising her children after her husband died.
Julie Sweet
One of the most powerful women in the world, Julie Sweet, is the CEO of Accenture. She is one of the world’s top business executives and was recently named by Fortune magazine as one of the most influential women in business in 2020. Sweet is a product of humble beginnings. Her father never finished high school, and her mother earned a college degree while she was still a teenager. Sweet made $50 a week as a child by babysitting during her summer vacations. She watched her parents work long hours and provide for their family, and it was instilled in her to do the same.