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Melinda French Gates is done waiting for health care to take menopause seriously
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Melinda French Gates is done waiting for health care to take menopause seriously
By Emma HinchliffeJune 5, 2026
What Alix Earle knows about business that many of my Harvard Business School students don’t get
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What Alix Earle knows about business that many of my Harvard Business School students don’t get
By Reza SatchuJune 4, 2026
Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart
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Ex-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 BurleighMay 30, 2026
Mary Barra with both her hands up in front of a microphone
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From Target stockrooms to factory floors: The first jobs that shaped Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
By Preston ForeMay 29, 2026
Jenn Hyman reflects on the highs and lows of running Rent the Runway for almost two decades
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Jenn Hyman reflects on the highs and lows of running Rent the Runway for almost two decades
By Emma HinchliffeMay 15, 2026
Jenn Hyman steps down as CEO of Rent the Runway: ‘I’ve left it all on the field’
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Jenn Hyman steps down as CEO of Rent the Runway: ‘I’ve left it all on the field’
By Emma HinchliffeMay 13, 2026
Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth
Success
Poppi cofounder maxed out credit cards and sold her car to fund the company—now, she’s a multimillionaire after a $1.95 billion sale
By Emma BurleighMay 11, 2026
The beauty founder who built a business on QVC is ready as America discovers a new love for live shopping
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The beauty founder who built a business on QVC is ready as America discovers a new love for live shopping
By Emma HinchliffeMay 7, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg once gave a Facebook engineer startup advice at 2 a.m. while ‘hanging out with all the interns’—she quit and raised millions after
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Mark Zuckerberg once gave a Facebook engineer startup advice at 2 a.m. while ‘hanging out with all the interns’—she quit and raised millions after
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 6, 2026
How ShopMy’s relentless focus on product-market fit turned the shopping disruptor into a $1.5 billion unicorn
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How ShopMy’s relentless focus on product-market fit turned the shopping disruptor into a $1.5 billion unicorn
By Emma HinchliffeMay 4, 2026
Julia Hartz, the cofounder and CEO of Eventbrite
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Eventbrite CEO sold her company for $500 million—without a job for the first time since 15, she’s playing chess with a robot and eyeing internships
By Emma BurleighMay 3, 2026
The Tory Burch Foundation is almost halfway to its $1 billion goal for women entrepreneurs
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The Tory Burch Foundation is almost halfway to its $1 billion goal for women entrepreneurs
By Emma HinchliffeApril 30, 2026
Photo of Emma Grede
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Self-made multimillionaire Emma Grede says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 28, 2026
Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire—and still won’t take a day off
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Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire—and still won’t take a day off
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 26, 2026
Emma Grede’s blunt advice: ‘Nobody’s coming to hand you power—you have to take it’
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Emma Grede’s blunt advice: ‘Nobody’s coming to hand you power—you have to take it’
By Emma HinchliffeApril 21, 2026
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