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Emma Hinchliffe

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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.

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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.

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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 10

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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 20

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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 9

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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 10

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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 20

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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 10

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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 3

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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 20

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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 4

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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 10

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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 6

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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 10

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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 3

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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 3

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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 20

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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 6

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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 20

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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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