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Emma Hinchliffe

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Women are 32% more likely to serve as company president before becoming CEO, according to a new report

Women have to prove they're more qualified before becoming CEO, the research suggests.

10.06.2025 10

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Exclusive: Two Palantir alums raise $20 million for infrastructure startup Thread AI

Greycroft led the startup's Series A round.

05.06.2025 10

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This year’s new female Fortune 500 CEOs have one thing in common

Women run 11% of companies on 2025's Fortune 500.

02.06.2025 10

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The top female podcaster in the U.S. is expanding her $250 million audio empire to build a mystery and thriller brand for film and TV

Ashley Flowers is the host of "Crime Junkie"—and she just hired a new CEO from Endeavor to bring her podcasts to film and TV.

30.05.2025 6

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Hailey Bieber’s $1 billion sale of Rhode could open the door to more beauty M&A

Hailey Bieber's brand is selling for $1 billion only three years after launching.

29.05.2025 4

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Fortune’s 2025 Most Powerful Women list is here

The annual ranking of the women leading global business is more competitive than ever.

20.05.2025 3

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What to expect at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International Summit this week

Fortune's Most Powerful Women International Summit starts on Tuesday.

19.05.2025 10

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Ulta Beauty secured Beyoncé’s haircare line. Now it’s getting in on ‘Cowboy Carter’ summer

Cécred is part of Beyoncé's latest tour—to the benefit of Ulta.

15.05.2025 10

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This CFO had a ‘front-row seat’ to one of the best growth stories in enterprise tech

ServiceNow reached $10 billion in revenue last year.

14.05.2025 3

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Bumble hires Ivanka Trump’s former chief of staff to lead communications as it tries to turn around the struggling dating app business

Bumble's stock is down 57% over the past year.

08.05.2025 10

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Starbucks’ CEO has a new right-hand woman in his bid to turn around the struggling coffee chain

Cathy Smith came to Starbucks from Target and Nordstrom.

05.05.2025 10

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Exclusive: Tory Burch foundation pledges to add $1 billion to the economy through women entrepreneurs by 2030

"Women are a great investment," the fashion label founder says.

01.05.2025 8

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Exclusive: Thrive-backed Fora has raised $60 million for a travel agent platform that can withstand a recession

Fora closed a $40 million Series C round this year.

24.04.2025 10

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Exclusive: Tampon brand Sequel signs sponsorship deal with D.C. United’s Audi Field

The $775 million men's soccer team is investing in its female fans.

22.04.2025 8

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Delta’s CEO texted this Dutch airline chief to compliment the quality of her premium service

Marjan Rintel runs the Netherland's major airline.

18.04.2025 6

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Does Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight mean anything for women?

Six women came back from space "forever changed."

15.04.2025 10

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To build a WNBA team from scratch, the Golden State Valkyries looked for people with an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’

The Bay Area team is participating in their first collegiate draft today.

14.04.2025 10

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$3 billion-in-revenue Canva is the most valuable unicorn founded by a woman. Melanie Perkins shares a look at her new AI coding tool

Canva Code allows users to build products with zero coding knowledge.

11.04.2025 5

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Exclusive: 38 female founders with $800 million in combined revenue ask Trump for small business tariff exemptions: ‘We are unintended collateral damage’

Founders want tariff exemptions and federal support for setting up domestic supply chains.

10.04.2025 8

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A landmark multibillion-dollar settlement is on the brink of changing women’s college basketball forever

Sedona Prince is one of the lead plaintiffs on a case deciding how college athletes will be paid.

09.04.2025 10

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At a family reunion she discovered multiple relatives had cystic fibrosis. Decades later she’s built a $2.6 billion genetic testing company

Katherine Stueland is the CEO of GeneDx.

08.04.2025 20

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While Trump’s tariffs crash the markets, women-led businesses are outperforming the downturn—so far

Stocks of women-led U.S. public companies are faring better during the tariff crash.

07.04.2025 20

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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum deftly guided her country through the worst of Trump’s tariffs

Mexico's first female president knows how to negotiate with Trump.

04.04.2025 3

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How Ana Botin of Santander became one of the most powerful women in Europe

Ana Botín believes European business needs to change to close a productivity gap with the U.S.

01.04.2025 2

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Women’s health and sexual wellness are a $360 billion opportunity in the U.S. alone, a new report finds

That's far larger than typical estimates of the market size for solutions for menopause, fertility, and other health concerns.

31.03.2025 10

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Exclusive: Female Founders Fund invests in its first repeat founder with a new retail tech startup from the former CEO of Eloquii

Ekyam.ai raised $2 million for its retail middleware service.

27.03.2025 10

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Whitney Wolfe Herd is back as Bumble’s CEO, says she experienced complete ‘ego death,’ and is turning the dating app into the ‘Love Company’

Bumble’s recently returned founder envisions a “self-love” app that teaches you to love yourself before loving someone else.

27.03.2025 4

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J.Crew grew new customers by 10% in a week with its USA Swimming collaboration. Now it’s heading back to the Olympics with U.S. Ski and Snowboard

J.Crew is all in on ski culture.

20.03.2025 3

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Successful women leaders have P&L experience—but many are getting it too late to shape their career trajectories

P&L roles are critical for making it to the C-suite.

19.03.2025 7

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G9 founder Amy Griffin told the story of her most personal trauma. It strengthened all the relationships in her life

Sharing her deepest secret changed how Griffin approaches investing.

14.03.2025 10

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These are the U.S. states where women are the most—and least—likely to wield power

Future Forward Women measured women's wellbeing and power state by state.

10.03.2025 10

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Exclusive: Departing Salesforce CFO Amy Weaver will become the CEO of Direct Relief, the fifth largest charity in the U.S

Direct Relief managed $2.4 billion in humanitarian aid last year.

07.03.2025 3

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Meet the investor backing some of your favorite female-founded startups

Female Founders Fund returned its first fund late last year.

07.03.2025 8

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Best Buy CEO Corie Barry offers her outlook on Trump’s ‘volatile’ trade war: ‘Tariffs at this level will result in price increases’

Best Buy's shares fell 13% as Wall Street waits to see tariffs' impact on consumers.

05.03.2025 7

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The 2025 Academy Awards were Anora’s night

Mikey Madison, 25, took home the best actress award over Demi Moore.

03.03.2025 9

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Bath & Body Works beat 2024 expectations, but its stock fell 12%. Its CEO says she was ‘surprised’ to see Wall Street’s reaction

Tariffs and uncertain consumer spending dampened Wall Street's enthusiasm for the retailer.

28.02.2025 8

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Exclusive: Two Instacart alumni raise $5.5 million to build Highstock, an eBay for big brands with excess inventory

Highstock connects brands' overstock inventory with buyers around the world.

27.02.2025 30

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To turn Levi Strauss into a $10 billion business, CEO Michelle Gass is looking to women

Women account for 36% of Levi's sales—Gass wants them to make up 50%.

25.02.2025 10

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She sold John Frieda for $450 million but was left in a ‘dark place.’ That motivated her to build another $500 million a year haircare business

Gail Federici founded haircare brand Color Wow after selling John Frieda.

24.02.2025 9

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Exclusive: Actress Kerry Washington shared her eating disorder story. Now she’s joining the startup Equip to help spread awareness

The "Scandal" star joins Equip Health as an investor and adviser.

20.02.2025 30

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Exclusive: Future Family will insure IVF treatments and give you your $40,000 back after two failed cycles

Future Family calls its new offering the first nationwide IVF insurance.

19.02.2025 7

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While Big Tech heads to D.C., Signal’s Meredith Whittaker is looking to Europe: ‘This is where the cool, smart people are’

Signal wants to build an alternative to tech's advertising business model.

14.02.2025 10

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How to nominate an exec for Fortune’s 2025 Most Powerful Women list—on a new timeline

We're accepting nominations for Fortune's 2025 Most Powerful Women list.

06.02.2025 4

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Nonprofit Moms First puts up billboards in six high-cost childcare cities asking Trump for a tax break

Despite a successful temporary expansion during the pandemic, the childcare tax credit otherwise hasn't been updated since 2001.

28.01.2025 5

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‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Substance’ earn the Oscars’ most notable nominations for women

A movie about a trans cartel leader and a body horror about pressures on women to stay young resonated with Academy voters.

24.01.2025 10

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Disney’s ad boss Rita Ferro has some advice for rising execs: Embrace optimism over fear

Rita Ferro started as an ESPN ad sales manager and rose the ranks at Disney.

22.01.2025 5

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Cecile Richards fought for abortion rights until her death at age 67, the day of Trump’s inauguration

The former Planned Parenthood president died on Monday.

21.01.2025 9

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Jennifer Piepszak exited JPMorgan’s CEO race. But there’s still one woman in the running to succeed Jamie Dimon

Piepszak will become the firm's COO, but isn't interested in the CEO job.

17.01.2025 20

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Exclusive: Teal Health raises $10 million to replace the annual Pap smear with at-home test for cervical cancer

The Teal wand will allow women to screen for cervical cancer at home.

17.01.2025 6

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Pete Hegseth’s views on women were on display during his Senate confirmation hearing

Hegseth had an "eleventh-hour conversion" on women in the military.

15.01.2025 6

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