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Emma Hinchliffe

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Nneka Ogwumike’s WNBA legacy isn’t just her 11 all-star nods. It’s a 364% pay raise for the players

The president of the WNBA players' union is retiring after 15 seasons—and a labor agreement that's historic across professional sports.

20.08.2026 7

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How Khloé Kardashian’s snack brand Khloud got ahead of the protein craze: ‘The timing was everything’

Khloud is winning over consumers at Target, Starbucks, and Walmart. For Khloé Kardashian, the journey to this point has been "a lot of trial and...

11.08.2026 10

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Exclusive: Rent the Runway cofounder Jenn Hyman is taking over IPO-bound Babylist as it nears $1 billion in revenue

Babylist founder Natalie Gordon will become executive chair, in a rare founder-to-founder CEO transition.

29.07.2026 6

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JPMorgan built a pipeline of female CEO candidates that was the envy of Wall Street. How did it fall apart?

Marianne Lake's retirement from JPMorgan marked the end of the bank's chance to elevate a woman to one of the world's top jobs.

04.07.2026 30

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Exclusive: Azzi Fudd joins Project B, the international league chasing a billion-dollar opportunity in global basketball

The 2026 No. 1 draft pick signs on to a league that offers a new opportunity to WNBA players—and could compete with the NBA.

19.06.2026 10

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Melinda French Gates’ advice to new IPO millionaires: ‘Give half your money away’

SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs are about to mint a new generation of millionaires and billionaires—who will have to decide what to do with their...

13.06.2026 30

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Melinda French Gates is done waiting for health care to take menopause seriously

Celebrities like Halle Berry and Naomi Watts have jumped on menopause startups. Now Melinda French Gates is throwing her weight behind the...

05.06.2026 20

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‘If not now, when?’: Melinda French Gates on acting without fear as a philanthropist in the Trump era

She's putting a fresh $215 million into women's health—and wants to send a signal to other billionaires.

04.06.2026 10

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Jenn Hyman steps down as CEO of Rent the Runway: ‘I’ve left it all on the field’

The founder created the clothing rental category and ran her company for almost two decades.

13.05.2026 20

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Janet Yellen on her legacy as the first woman to lead the Fed, Trump’s central bank clash, and Kevin Warsh’s tightrope

The only person to lead the Fed, the Treasury, and the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Yellen is now being inducted into the National...

28.04.2026 20

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Olympic champion Eileen Gu’s advice for women seeking her heights of career success: Don’t be a small fish in a big pond, ‘Create your own pond’

Gu is one of the world's highest-paid female athletes and the most decorated Olympic freeskier in history.

31.03.2026 70

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Can Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In take on tradwives and the manosphere?

Sheryl Sandberg's new mission is to serve as a cultural counterforce to the popularity of tradwives and the manosphere.

27.03.2026 20

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Influencer Alix Earle turned her worst insecurity into her first brand. This is her plan to monetize her 14 million followers and make it last

The social media star with 14 million followers talks about the biggest mistakes she see brands making and how to make influencer marketing a success.

26.03.2026 20

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Victoria’s Secret CEO says new customers are embracing the escape provided by the glamorous brand: ‘We were living in a beige world for awhile’

Maximalism is back at Victoria's Secret.

16.02.2026 30

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Victoria’s Secret CEO says Gen Z didn’t grow up with 2000s body image baggage—and they’re embracing the glamorous fashion show again

CEO Hillary Super is reclaiming the runway for a new generation of Victoria's Secret shoppers.

10.02.2026 50

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Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm IPO jumps 40% as the company raises $198 million

Once Upon a Farm started trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday.

10.02.2026 30

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Meet the CEO taking Victoria’s Secret from ‘woke-washing’ to owning sexy again

Hillary Super is the first woman to run Victoria's Secret & Co. “It’s hard to have an intuition about a category that you cannot put on your...

07.02.2026 40

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Exclusive: Billionaire Michele Kang launches $25 million U.S. Soccer institute that promises to transform the future of women’s sports

Women are not just “small men”—and Kang’s efforts will target everything from treating women’s injuries to preventing girls from dropping...

03.12.2025 40

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Karen Lynch got the big job at CVS. Now comes the big challenge: Vaccinate America

The new CVS Health chief is the highest-ranking female CEO ever to appear in the Fortune 500—just in time for the company’s most important mission...

17.10.2025 30

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Female founders from brands like Outdoor Voices and the Wing are ready for a comeback. We should be too

Audrey Gelman and Ty Haney are building again, five years after losing control of their companies. It's about time.

08.08.2025 40

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The share of female CEOs running Global 500 companies hits a record high of 6.6%

Thirty-three Global 500 companies have female CEOs.

01.08.2025 30

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Blackstone exec Wesley LePatner was a rising star and mentor to women

Blackstone's global head of Core real estate and BREIT CEO was killed in the Manhattan shooting on Monday.

30.07.2025 40

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Mira Murati’s record-breaking $2 billion seed round made the impossible possible for female founders

The former OpenAI CTO is now running Thinking Machines Lab—with $2 billion in her war chest.

28.07.2025 20

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‘Men follow their desires, women fulfill their obligations.’ The founder of Moms Demand Action wants to flip that script

Shannon Watts' new book is "Fired Up."

22.07.2025 30

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Three CMOs of multibillion-dollar tech companies share the secrets to success they wish all CEOs knew

The marketing leaders behind CrowdStrike and Snowflake say CEOs need to understand marketing.

21.07.2025 40

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The Fortune 500 lost a female CEO last week. Now another one’s gone from the FTSE 100

Debra Crew is out as CEO of Diageo after two years.

17.07.2025 30

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She played for three WNBA teams. Now she oversees $724 million in Wendy’s sales for the largest franchisee operator in the U.S.

Former WNBA player Rasheeda Clark is president of Flynn Wendy's, part of the franchising giant Flynn Group.

16.07.2025 30

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She’s the first woman to found and lead a car company—and her ultra-luxury $650,000 EVs are turning heads

Dacora is catering to an ultra-luxury clientele, set to buy "America's Rolls Royce" starting in 2028.

10.07.2025 40

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Hershey CEO’s exit knocks the number of women running Fortune 500 companies

Michele Buck will retire from the chocolate-maker—and her successor is the CEO of Wendy's.

09.07.2025 50

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The founder of the spice brand Diaspora Co. raised capital from 75 angel investors instead of traditional VCs. Here’s why

Diaspora Co. sells high-quality spices sourced from southeast Asia.

07.07.2025 30

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The Sill got millennials obsessed with houseplants. Now a new CEO aims to conquer the $11 billion outdoor gardening market

Millennials are eager to learn how to garden as they get older and buy homes.

02.07.2025 40

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How an olive oil entrepreneur found success by emulating Ralph Lauren

Brightland has raised $15 million in funding to build its eight-figure business.

01.07.2025 30

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Exclusive: Halogen Ventures closes $30 million fund to invest in the future of family

Jesse Draper is investing in family tech, childcare, and ed tech.

27.06.2025 40

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AI founders in shopping, maps, and social have a front-row seat to just how fast consumer expectations are rising

What was good enough six months ago isn't good enough for consumers today.

25.06.2025 40

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How a former Amazon engineer turned a 14-year-old baby registry into a $500 million business

Babylist is expanding its business by reaching the 40% of American babies born under Medicaid.

24.06.2025 60

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The Google exec who oversaw $66.9 billion in ad revenue so far this year says AI is ‘changing the game on what is possible’

Vidhya Srinivasan led Amazon Web Services' first cloud data centers launches before taking on a pivotal transformation at Google.

23.06.2025 40

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Female founders are optimistic that AI could solve challenges they face funding and scaling startups

Fifty-six percent of female founders say they see more opportunity because of AI.

20.06.2025 30

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Two new documentaries show what it takes to make it to the top of the media industry

Alex Cooper and Barbara Walters have a lot in common.

19.06.2025 40

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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 30

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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 40

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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 40

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