Men are more likely to be successful in business, but female entrepreneurs also exist. Moreover, some of them independently achieved tremendous success in their careers.
The most famous business women
The Internet portal colorface.ru presented its users with a rating of the most successful business women on the planet. In the first place is Indra Nooyi, who is the CEO of PepsiCo. This company is engaged in the production of various soft drinks. This woman constantly takes first places in various ratings, as she has become a leader in the field of doing business among the fairer sex.
Irene Rosenfeld, a representative of the board of directors and CEO of Mondelez Internasional, which produces chocolate, biscuits, chewing gum and coffee, can be seen in second place in this rating. In 2010, she was named the highest paid female executive.
Wu Yajun is a Chinese entrepreneur who has independently built her career in the real estate market and made a huge fortune. She is one of the twenty richest women in the world.
The fourth place is taken by the CEO of Xerox - Ursula Burns, she headed one of the largest corporations in the United States. This woman became the first African American woman to take such a leading position.
Ginny Rometty - CEO of IBM is the fifth most famous business woman. She began her career as an ordinary engineer, but over time she achieved great success.
Georgina Reinhart, who controls the functioning of her deceased father's iron ore company, closes the six most famous women businessmen. After the death of the founder of the company, its assets could go to the young wife of the deceased. However, his fourteen-year-old daughter filed a lawsuit and won the case. Now, according to the BRW edition, in 2012 she was the richest woman in the whole world. Her fortune was 28.52 billion dollars.
The most famous female entrepreneurs
Another Internet portal (linesa.ru) presented a list of the most famous women in entrepreneurship. The list includes celebrities such as Jessica Alba (creator of an online store that sells safe products for children), Kim Kardashian (creator of ShoeDazzle), Venus Williams (founder of an interior company) and Michelle Monet (famous model and creator of the MJM project International Ltd).
