497: Jaya Varma Sinha Indian Railways CEO and Chairperson Birth Date and Location Unknown In 2018, Jaya became Principal Chief Operations Manager of South Eastern Railway; the first woman to hold that position. She has worked for the company since 1988. SER operates in India and is responsible for loading 13.5% of all local traffic…
493: Trisha Prabhu Computer Coder Who Appeared on Shark Tank Born: c.2000 Trisha is an inventor and holds the patent for her ReThink Technology which helps detect and stop online hate. In 2016, Trisha was invited to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. As of 2019 she is an undergraduate student at Harvard University and…
“I think I’ve always navigated two worlds. And I’ve cherished both worlds.” 492: Roberta Cordano The Eleventh President of Gallaudet University Born: 1963, Delavan, Wisconsin, United States of America She is the first deaf woman to hold the presidency of Gallaudet and the first deaf woman to become president of a United States university. This…
479: Jo Ann Jenkins CEO of AARP Born: 1958, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America Jo Ann has been CEO since 2014; she joined the company in 2010. Before joining AARP, she worked for the United States Government in the Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and later Agriculture Departments. From 1994 to at least 2007…
429: Michele Roberts Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Born: 1956, Possibly New York, United States of America Michele is the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to head a major professional sport union in North America. She was an attorney before taking the job. Michele was reelected to…
428: Lydia Nsekera Member of the International Olympic Committee Born: 20 April 1967, Bujumbura, Burundi Lydia has been on the committee since 2009. From 2004 to 2013 she served as President of the Burundi Football Federation (Fédération de Football du Burundi). Lydia was instrumental in the formation of Burundi’s National Women’s Football League. In 2012…
409: Karen Horney Psychoanalyst Whose Theories Questioned Some Freudian Views Born: 16 September 1885, Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany Died: 4 December 1952, New York City, New York, United States of America Karen’s theories against Freudian views focused particularly on sexuality (see: penis envy). It is said that she decided to be an intellectual at the age…
“My whole philosophy of Barbie was that, through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.” 363: Ruth Handler Invented Barbie and Co-Founded Mattel Toy Company Born: 4 November 1916, Denver, Colorado, United States of America Died: 27 April 2002, Los…
https://youtu.be/4pQIHA2ymbc?list=WL 349: Monica Mitro Former Executive Producer of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Birth Date and Location Unknown Monica has served in that position almost every year from 2018 back to 1995. In 2019, it was announced that the fashion show had been cancelled for that year, leaving the fate of the show unknown. Monica…
For the longest time, whenever young people thought of the big dogs running the world’s largest companies, they always pictured Wall Street looking guys in suits, however, as time pushes forward, more and more women are entering the business realm, taking over one pantsuit at a time. This list highlights these women, and the companies…