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“My purpose is fueled by my ownable asset—my character. Character is what drives it all,”
TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett, said last year at the commencement speech of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s MBA program. bit.ly/4eUFGL7
In February, Joanna Geraghty became the CEO of
JetBlue. The promotion made the JetBlue veteran the first female CEO to lead a major U.S. airline. bit.ly/4bE9zwp
“I knew that the issues in the business were addressable,” said J.Jill CEO Claire Spofford. bit.ly/4bketyn
Eugenia Kuyda is the founder and CEO of Replika, an 8-year-old startup that offers an AI companion. bit.ly/3xKLc22
The company is selling soft-sided bags for the first time. bit.ly/4cjshue
Ania Smith isn’t sure if she would be in the role today without her gap year, but she’s certain the experience shaped her perspective on work and life. bit.ly/4cnx2Tl
Colette Kress joined Nvidia in 2013 as CFO after serving nearly 25 years in a range of finance roles at major technology companies. bit.ly/3RDUuE2
On the 2024 , Fortune’s 70-year-old ranking of the top 500 U.S. companies by revenue, 52 businesses are run by women. bit.ly/4enHEnd
“Nobody else in the company really wanted that job. It wasn’t seen as a great place to be, because everyone wanted to be in the consumer business,” said Ariane Gorin, Expedia CEO in an interview with Fortune. bit.ly/4bLbUX8
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“I was shocked, angered, and in disbelief that [OpenAI CEO Sam] Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine." bit.ly/4bM5Ayn
The WNBA has opened an investigation into a sponsorship deal between the Las Vegas Aces and the city’s tourism board. The team says to ask the league why it’s doing this. bit.ly/3UOH4WA
“I see a powerful sisterhood collective that gives me the courage to keep fighting and keep moving forward,” TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett told the Howard University class of 2024. bit.ly/3HRWm6y
“I always did something I felt a little unready to do,” said at in 2011. bit.ly/3wtrfw9
Fewer women are reporting that they felt supported by employers, according to new research. bit.ly/4aXPhOV
“How you approach change is what matters,” she says. “Not that there is change.” bit.ly/3WqX0k9
“Right when I was running out of friends and money, Oprah called,” the Spanx founder told Fortune in 2014. “She chose it as her favorite product of the year.” bit.ly/3Ii5CRT
The Sports Bra is a pub where women’s sports are celebrated — and the only thing on TV. bit.ly/3y3lu8X
Naver is perhaps “the only company in the world that has survived competition against Google and Amazon,” says Choi Soo-yeon, Naver’s CEO since 2022. bit.ly/3J8NwST
Famous Girl Scouts include Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon, and Meghan Markle, plus several Fortune 500 CEOs. bit.ly/4aF3Pm7
If the economy starts looking up in the next couple of years, you’ve got women to thank. At least, that’s according to a new report from Ned Davis Research (NDR). bit.ly/3x8nzzM
The brand of emergency contraception being given out wasn’t Plan B, the best-known morning-after pill, but Julie, a relatively new brand selling the same 1.5 milligram levonorgestrel pill for around the same price, $45-$50. bit.ly/3vhYZfk
“The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other,” former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in 2014. bit.ly/43k7xz3
Val Ackerman was the first president of the WNBA when it was founded in 1996. She became Big East commissioner in 2013. bit.ly/43m0ndv
“She didn’t always like it but that is the process of being a parent. They’re not supposed to like everything you do,” said the 68-year-old Sister Act star. bit.ly/3x1qJFu
New Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones is reconsidering whether women “making the first move” still makes sense. bit.ly/3VekQ1K
When investigating Europe’s most powerful and influential women for , Fortune found a common thread—the wealth of experience they bring. bit.ly/49IMCrP
“Right when I was running out of friends and money, Oprah called,” the Spanx founder told Fortune in 2014. “She chose it as her favorite product of the year.” bit.ly/3Ii5CRT
The next phase of Beyoncé’s artistic renaissance arrived during the Super Bowl, when she announced her new album. bit.ly/4bJuG1y
Ritu Narayan came up with the idea for a school bus startup a decade ago, inspired by her struggle getting her kids to and from school while she worked at eBay. bit.ly/48mq7XZ
Founded by CEO Fawn Weaver, the company is expanding into cognac and announced in December that its most recent capital raise for its forthcoming French subsidiary was oversubscribed. bit.ly/3T0XxqW
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“I see a powerful sisterhood collective that gives me the courage to keep fighting and keep moving forward,” TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett told the Howard University class of 2024. bit.ly/3HRWm6y
After exiting the Gates Foundation next month, Melinda French Gates said she plans to commit her $12.5 billion “to my work on behalf of women and families.” “I’ll be sharing more about what that looks like in the near future,” she added. bit.ly/3QLXLRj
“I always did something I felt a little unready to do,” @marissamayer said at #FortuneMPW in 2011. bit.ly/3wtrfw9
“I learned early on that your paycheck from tennis…should be your smallest earning,” Serena Williams said. bit.ly/3Uu5apl
The Sports Bra is a pub where women’s sports are celebrated — and the only thing on TV. bit.ly/3y3lu8X
“The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other,” former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in 2014. bit.ly/43k7xz3
“Right when I was running out of friends and money, Oprah called,” the Spanx founder told Fortune in 2014. “She chose it as her favorite product of the year.” bit.ly/3Ii5CRT
“I’m absolutely not a techie,” Angela Ahrendts remembers telling Tim Cook. “I’m actually not even a great retailer.” Ahrendts would go on to become Apple’s SVP of Retail in 2014, before joining Kim Kardashian’s private equity firm in 2023. bit.ly/49aBJi5
Initially hired by Facebook, which became part of the Meta umbrella, Sheryl Sandberg has been one of the most prominent women in tech for more than a decade, and is consistently included on lists of the most powerful women in business. https://bit.ly/3fwvUEY
Liz Truss will be the third female prime minister in Britain’s history —all of whom have been Conservatives. bit.ly/3qgNsa1
It's here! Fortune reveals its 2015 Most Powerful Women List. See who’s #1 http://for.tn/1XMmVwC
Sexism in Hollywood? The writers of Mad Men open up: http://for.tn/1CLJQkl
At Stella & Dot's Hoopla 2011 event in early July, Fortune editor at large Pattie Sellers sat down with Stella & Dot founder Jessica Herrin, former Goldman Sachs banker turned author Sharon Meers, and Bare Escentuals Leslie Blodgett. Here, Blodgett chats about the biggest risk she took in getting her company started.
Fortune editor at large Pattie Sellers sits down with Tyra Banks at Digitas' NewFront 2011 to chat about the model/entrepreneur's time at Harvard Business School -- and staying in the dorms.
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