The world is changing and breaking age-old stereotypes every day. What we once thought was impossible or unheard of has become the new normal.
Women have been breaking every shackle and proving their worth to the world. Today, some of the biggest companies in the world are either founded or run by strong women. They have been responsible for helping these companies reach the success it has today.
Here are some of the businesswomen who are running the biggest firms in the world.
Susan Wojcicki (YouTube)
Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube. Wojcicki was involved in the founding of Google and became Google’s first marketing manager in 1999. She has an estimated net worth of $815 million.
Whitney Wolfe Herd (Bumble)
Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder and CEO of publicly-traded Bumble. Bumble which is an online dating platform, was launched in 2014. Prior to starting Bumble, Herd was the vice president of marketing for Tinder.
As per Forbes, her net worth is $1.5 billion which makes her the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, as well as the youngest female CEO to take a company public.
Sheryl Sandberg (Meta)
Sheryl Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Meta Platforms and the founder of LeanIn.Org. In June 2012, she was elected to Facebook’s board of directors, becoming the first woman to serve on its board.
The estimated net worth of Sheryl Sandberg is at least $2.35 Billion dollars as of 15 February 2022.
Mary Barra (General Motors)
Mary Barra has been the chair and chief executive officer of General Motors since January 2014. She is the first female CEO of a ‘Big Three’ automaker. In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO.
The estimated net worth of Mary T Barra is at least $182 Million dollars as of April 2021.
Falguni Nayar (Nayka)
Falguni Nayar is the proud founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa. Nayar is one of two self-made female, Indian billionaires.
Former investment banker Falguni Nayar, quit her job to start Nykaa, a retailer of beauty products in 2012. Today, she has a net worth of $4.9 billion.
