25 Most Famous Female Entrepreneurs in the World
Most Famous Female Entrepreneurs!!!
Entrepreneurs have taken the world by storm, marking new ventures, introducing innovative ideas, and precisely making huge fortunes.
From Bill Gates to Elon Musk, they all have their own stories on how they managed to become such successful personalities.
However, do you know about brilliant female entrepreneurs and their successful ventures as well?
If not, you have landed on the right article.
Here, we will take a look at such powerful, strong, and self-made women who have had a fair share of contributions in the business world.
Quick Overview
| Female Entrepreneurs |
| 25. Jessica Mah |
| 24. Payal Kadakia |
| 23. Mariam Naficy |
| 22. Sophia Amoruso |
| 21. Abigail Johnson |
| 20. Safra Catz |
| 19. Zhou Qunfei |
| 18. Laurene Powell Jobs |
| 17. Huda Kattan |
| 16. Judith Faulkner |
| 15. Anne Wojcicki |
| 14. Sophia Vergara |
| 13. Arianna Huffington |
| 12. Debbi Fields |
| 11. Susan Wojcicki |
| 10. Indra Nooyi |
| 9. Beyonce |
| 8. Sheryl Sandberg |
| 7. Sara Blakely |
| 6. Wang Laichun |
| 5. Cher Wang |
| 4. Denise Coates |
| 3. Folorunso Alakija |
| 2. Oprah Winfrey |
| 1. Gina Rinehart |
25. Jessica Mah
Jessica Mah is the founder of inDinero, an accounting software, and services company that has been successfully running since 2009.
She primarily established the company with the intention to help the entrepreneurs with their accounting and tax needs as she faced some difficulties with her own business initially.
Throughout the course of her career, she successfully ran inDinero, making it a million-dollar company with massive revenue.
Additionally, the company now houses over 100 employees and has raised $9.9 million in funding from 500 startups.
Nonetheless, she has a current net worth of $1 million.
24. Payal Kadakia
Also referred to as “Dancetrepreneur,” Kadakia is the founder and executive chairman of ClassPass and the artistic director of The Sa Dance Company.
A dance enthusiast since the age of 3, she aimed to turn her passion into a career.
Hence, she founded ClassPass, which is a subscription to find and book fitness classes, and has been successfully running it for 25 years now.
Kadakia was also listed in Forbes’ Women Entrepreneurs to Watch and Fortune’s 40 under 40.
Moreover, she has a total net worth of $50 million.
23. Mariam Naficy
Mariam Naficy is the founder and CEO of Minted, which is an online design market company.
Primarily, she founded Minted in 2007, and the company has been rapidly growing ever since.
The company is backed up by many investors obtaining $297.1 million in funding.
Moreover, she is also the co-founder of Eve.com, the first major online retailer of cosmetics.
Interesting Fact: Naficy was named one of Fast Company’s 25 Most Creative People in Business in 2013.
Nonetheless, she has a total net worth of $27 million.
22. Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso is an American businesswoman and the founder of Girlboss Media, a platform that empowers women.
Additionally, she was also the former CEO of Nastygal.
Unfortunately, the company filed for bankruptcy, leading her to some financial loss.
Nevertheless, she is one of the most prominent personalities in the business world.
Forbes named her one of the richest self-made women in the world.
Moreover, her 2014 autobiography “Girlboss” was adapted into a series on Netflix.
21. Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson is an American businesswoman and the CEO of Fidelity Investments, which houses over 45,000 employees.
She has been serving the company since 2014, when she overtook her father.
Likewise, she has been the chairman of the company since 2016.
According to Forbes, Johnson owns an estimated 24.5% stake in the firm, which has reportedly $2.9 trillion in the managed assets.
Quick Fact: She was ranked #9 as A Powerful WOMAN in 2020.
Nonetheless, she has a whopping net worth of $15 billion, making her one of the wealthiest businesswomen.
20. Safra Catz
Safra Catz is an Israeli-born American banker and business executive.
Currently, she is the CEO of Oracle, where she has been actively working since 2014.
Moreover, Catz has done a tremendous job working with oracle as she helped the company close more than 130 acquisitions.
Similarly, she is also credited with leading the company’s acquisition strategy.
Her total net worth amounts to $1.2 billion.
19. Zhou Qunfei
Zhou Qunfei is a Chinese entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Lens Technology.
The company manufactures glasses for renowned companies like Tesla, Apple, and Samsung.
Despite facing some financial hurdles growing, she has established herself to become one of the world’s richest self-made women.
Qunfei has a total net worth of $16.4 billion.
18. Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs is an American businesswoman and the founder of the Emerson Collective.
The company provides a wide range of tools from impact investment to philanthropy to advocacy so that equality is properly maintained.
However, its main focus is to create a systematic change throughout the country by tackling issues such as climate change, education, immigration, and more.
Widow of former business tycoon and founder of Apple Steve Jobs, she has come a long way to become one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in the world.
Furthermore, she is also the founder and president of the board of College Track, which prepares underprivileged high school students for college.
Her estimated net worth is $21.1 billion.
17. Huda Kattan
If you keep yourself updated with famous makeup artists, then you might already recognize Huda Kattan.
Kattan is an American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur who founded her cosmetic line called Huda Beauty.
Before starting her journey as a makeup artist, she used to work at a finance job in Dubai which she quit shortly after deciding to start her own brand.
From makeup to skincare products, Huda Beauty is one of the fastest-growing makeup brands ever.
Her success vividly reflects on her fortune, with an estimated net worth of $610 million.
You can follow her on Twitter to get daily updates about her beauty products.
16. Judith Faulkner
Judith Faulkner is the founder and CEO of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company that develops medical-record software.
The company supports the medical report of over 250 million patients, and top medical centers like John Hoppins and Mayo Clinic use it.
Founded in 1979, she’s led the company to tremendous heights of success.
Faulkner has a net worth of an astounding $5.5 billion.
15. Anne Wojcicki
Anne Wojcicki is the co-founder of 23andMe, which is a publicly held personal genomics and biotechnology company.
Founded in 2006, the company unpacks customers’ DNA to learn about their health and ancestry.
Moreover, the company has been flourishing over the years.
In 2020 Forbes magazine ranked her 93 on the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women List.
Wojcicki has a total net worth of $690 million.
14. Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara is a Colombian-American actress, television producer, model and is currently known for starring in many television series and films.
Despite being an amazing media star, she is undoubtedly a successful entrepreneur, having gained many endorsements over the years of big companies like Diet Pepsi, Head & Shoulders, and Cover Girl.
Likewise, she is the co-founder of Latin World Entertainment, a talent management and entertainment marketing firm.
Nonetheless, Vergara has an estimated net worth of $180 million.
13. Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author and businesswoman best-known as the co-founder of The Huffington Post.
Besides, she is also the CEO and founder of Thrive Global, a company that provides behavior change technology.
Talking about her ventures, she reportedly sold The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million yet remains to be a part of its day-to-day operations.
Likewise, Thrive Global raised $30 million in a new funding round that valued the company at $120 million in 2017.
Moreover, it was named one of the top ten startups to watch by Inc. in the same year.
Inspiration to many, Huffington was listed in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Women and Forbes Most Powerful Women.
Her total net worth is $100 million.
12. Debbi Fields
Debbi Fields is the founder of Mrs. Fields Bakeries, which is one of the largest retailers of fresh cookies in the USA.
Additionally, she has also written many cookbooks.
Nonetheless, she has been successfully running the business over the decades and has managed to expand it into 11 different countries, with around 650 bakeries in the USA and 80 others countries around the world.
Debbie has a total net worth of $200 million.
11. Susan Wojcicki
Susan Wojcicki is the current CEO of YouTube and a successful business executive.
She was also a major part of the founding of Google in 1998 and later went on to become Google’s first marketing manager.
Nevertheless, she has been actively working in the tech industry for over 20 years, making massive fortunes.
Hence, her total net worth is estimated to be $815 million.
10. Indra Nooyi
Indra Nooyi is an American business executive and the CEO of PepsiCo.
Apart from that, she also serves on the boards of Amazon and the International Cricket Council.
Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994, becoming the CFO in 2001, and later she was appointed as the CEO of the company in 2006.
Moreover, she has been ranked under the Forbes Most Powerful Women list several times.
In 2017, Nooyi was ranked the second Most Powerful Woman on the Forbes list of The 19 Most Powerful Women in Business.
On top of that, she earns around $28.6 million from PepsiCo and has an overall net worth of $290 million, making her one of the famous entrepreneurs all around the world.
9. Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is a renowned American singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s.
This versatile personality is widely regarded as one of the best artists of all time.
Also known as the “Queen B,” the music industry is not the only thing she has been ruling.
The legendary artist is also a very prominent entrepreneur, starting many business ventures, collaborating with famous luxury brands, and being an active investor in numerous firms.
In 2010, she founded her own entertainment company called Parkwood Entertainment.
Moreover, Forbes ranked her ninth on the “Most Powerful Women” list in 2010.
Currently, she has a net worth of $500 million.
8. Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is an American technology executive who is the current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook.
Interesting Fact: Sandberg was the FIRST-EVER female to be elected TO Facebook’s board of directors.
Moreover, Time Magazine listed her in the top 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012, making her one of the most successful and famous female entrepreneurs of all time.
As of November 2024, Sandberg has an astounding net worth of $1.9 billion.
7. Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely is a founder of Spanx, a multi-million dollar undergarment company.
Founded on February 15 in 2000, she owns the entirety of the brand.
However, it was not as convenient for her initially as she did not have much money when she first founded the company.
On top of that, many investors rejected her at the time, which made her journey even more difficult.
Despite facing some obstacles, she managed to take the company to great heights of success which undoubtedly makes her one of the famous entrepreneurs ever.
Blakely has an estimated net worth of $750 million.
6. Wang Laichun
Wang Laichun is a Chinese businesswoman who is the chairman and co-founder of Luxshare, a Chinese electronics manufacturer that supplies Apple with much of its parts.
Founded in 2004, the company was listed publicly on the SME board of the Shenzen Stock Exchange in 2010.
Moreover, the company has had tremendous growth over the years, making her one of the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaires.
Likewise, Laichun has a total net worth of a whopping $9.3 billion.
5. Cher Wang
Cher Wang is a Taiwanese entrepreneur who is the co-founder of HTC, a famous mobile technology company.
Born in 1958, she is one of the most successful people in business, marking her spot on Forbes’s most powerful women list.
Likewise, Cher is considered one of the most powerful women in computer technology.
She has an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion.
4. Denise Coates
Denise Coates is a British businesswoman and the founder of Bet365, an England-based online gambling company.
Anticipating the success of online gaming businesses, she purchased the Bet365.com domain back in January 2000.
It is one of the world’s largest online gaming companies with $2 billion in revenues and facilitating $45 billion in yearly bets.
Subsequently, Coates earned a massive fortune throughout the years and is now worth $6 billion, making her one of the richest female entrepreneurs.
3. Folorunso Alakija
Folorunso Alakija is a vice-chair of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian oil exploration company.
Besides that, she is also involved in the real estate, fashion, and printing industries.
The first step towards the world of business for her was through a tailoring company called Supreme Stitches.
After the company’s massive success, she later invested in the oil and printing industries.
Moreover, Forbes named her the 96th Most Powerful Woman in the World.
Folorunso is by far the richest female entrepreneur in Nigeria, with an astounding net worth of $1 billion.
2. Oprah Winfrey
Born in 1954, Oprah Winfrey is a famous American talk show host.
You may recognize her through “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” the longest-running show to have ever aired with a total of 25 seasons.
She is one of the most loved personalities all over the world.
To know more about her, you can also follow her on Instagram.
1. Gina Rinehart
On the first spot, we have Gina Rinehart, the chairman of Hancock Prospecting Group.
Hancock Prospecting Group is a mining company that produces 30 million tons of iron per year.
She handled the business right after her father passed away and managed to make it one of the leading and fastest-growing companies ever.
This Australian billionaire was included in the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list.
In addition, she is the richest person in Australia and one of the richest female entrepreneurs all over the world, with a total net worth of $22.5 billion.
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