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Mackenzie Scott
SuccessMacKenzie Scott has sold nearly half of her stake in Amazon, as the billionaire philanthropist casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes
By Jessica CoacciOctober 15, 2025
SuccessThis entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores
By Alexandra KirkmanOctober 15, 2025
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By Sydney LakeOctober 14, 2025
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By Emma HinchliffeOctober 6, 2025
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By Emma HinchliffeSeptember 29, 2025
Phoebe Gates
SuccessBill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup
By Jessica CoacciSeptember 17, 2025
Sara Blakely
SuccessSpanx billionaire founder kept the brand a secret—even from family—for a year. If she hadn’t, she says she’d probably still be selling fax machines
By Preston ForeSeptember 16, 2025
NewslettersDoes a beauty brand need a female CEO? Glossier’s latest hire is a test case
By Emma HinchliffeSeptember 16, 2025
NewslettersHow a Swedish influencer turned her following into a mega-successful brand that did $36 million in sales last year
By Emma HinchliffeSeptember 3, 2025
Leslie Feinzaig
CommentaryI’m rooting for female founders’ comebacks. And for the end of branding women, from girlboss to tradwife and all the way down
By Leslie FeinzaigAugust 27, 2025
Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart
SuccessEx-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’
By Emma BurleighAugust 22, 2025
The Nitro Cart parked on the sidewalk
SuccessA millennial couple grew their side hustle into a business bringing in $4.5 million a year—here’s how the cofounder would start it again, with nothing
By Jessica CoacciAugust 17, 2025
NewslettersExclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work
By Emma HinchliffeAugust 14, 2025
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SuccessSelf-made multimillionaire behind $4 billion Skims empire says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 12, 2025
NewslettersThe return of the female founder sets off a lively debate
By Emma HinchliffeAugust 8, 2025
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