Powerful Women 1B by Elizabeth Welsh

Powerful Women 1B by Elizabeth Welsh https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr en-us 2022-03-17 12:06:36 UTC 2025-07-29 14:55:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Zuzana Caputova tsingh21 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105189880 Category:
-politician

Why Chosen:
-President of Slovakia.

Biography:
-86 most powerful women in the world.
-Anti corruption activist and lawyer.
-inaugurated in June 2019.
-She is 46 years old and is the first female president in Slovakia ever.
-She is also the youngest president in Slovakian history.

News Story:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/world/europe/zuzana-caputova-slovakia-president.html

]]> 2022-03-21 12:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105189880 Mette Fredriksen https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105205842 Mette Frederiksen has been the Prime Minister of Denmark since June of 2019 and the leader of Denmark's Socialist Democratic party since June of 2015. She's the youngest prime minister in Danish history and the second woman one. Welfare and fixing climate change are some of her priorities.

A headline about her was that she made international headlines for informing President Trump that Greenland wasn’t for sale. She called the idea of selling Greenland absurd.

]]> 2022-03-21 12:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105205842 #48 Ozlem Tureci- Isha Patel https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105206347 Biography
- Ozlem Tureci and a German women who was born on March 6, 1867 and is currently 55 years old.
- Tureci is a cancer researcher and is the cofounder and chief medical officer of BioNTech
- developed the first mRNA Covid vaccine to be approved for mass use.
Reasons for being Chosen
I think she was chosen to be on the list because she gave significant help during the pandemic. She created a vaccine for Covid-19. Without this we would have to wait even longer for things like stores and work places to be open. Children would still be doing online schooling.
New Story
https://biontech.de/our-dna/leadership
https://www.forbes.com/profile/ozlem-tureci/?list=power-women&sh=6f50972d5493

]]> 2022-03-21 12:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105206347 Queen Elizabeth II- Arianna Avila https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105207718 -She is a monarch
-Has been Queen of England since 1952
- longest-reigning monarch in British history
- She is loved and respected globally
I think she was chosen because she is one of the most wealth women in the world.

]]> 2022-03-21 12:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105207718 Brielle Zarsky bzarsky https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105208477 #44- Gina Rinehart
News article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/the-miners-daughter
Category: She is in the buisness category.
Biography:
Gina is trhe richest citizen in Australia off of her wealth on iron ore. Roy hill mining project is where the biggest piece of her fortune comes from. Shipments from that project starting in 2015. Her mining magnate is also Australias second largest cattle producer. Gina Rinehart also became executive chairwomen of Hancock prospecting in 1992.
Why she was chosen: I think she was chosen because she is one of the most richest people in the country and most divise figures.

]]> 2022-03-21 12:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105208477 Morgan Kmetz https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105208976 Jane Fraser

Position:
-CEO of Critigroup
-she is a 54 year old Florida residence and the ceo of the worlds most global bank

Why chosen:
I think she was chosen because she was the first female CEO in the firms history

Biography:

Longtime Citigroup executive Jane Fraser was named as CEO Michael Corbat's successor in 2020; she officially assumed the role in March 2021.
As Citi's first female CEO in history, she is also the first-ever woman to run a major Wall Street bank.
Prior to being named the company's CEO, Fraser served as president of Citigroup and CEO of Global Consumer Banking.
Since joining Citi in 2004, she's led multiple groups, including corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions during the financial crisis.

News Story:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi-0uC9m9f2AhUCTt8KHRe9DbsQxfQBKAB6BAgEEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barrons.com%2Farticles%2Fcitigroup-ceo-jane-fraser-fresh-strategy-51646228810&usg=AOvVaw17uRb4sxDH29P1YxuTLe-g

]]> 2022-03-21 12:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105208976 Carol Tome-Michael Sabbio msabbio https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105209105 CEO of united parcel service
Category
Business

Biography

As Tomé puts it, she broke "lots of glass" when she was appointed to run shipping giant UPS in June 2020.
She is both its first "outsider" CEO and its first female chief executive.
She came out of retirement to take the gig; Tomé had retired from a long tenure at Home Depot, where she had been CFO, in 2019.
In her first 100 days as CEO, she focused on preparing the logistics for the 2020 holiday season and the eventual delivery of a Covid vaccine.
UPS has been an essential service during the pandemic, with annual delivery volumes up by double-digit percent as Americans have hunkered at home.

]]> 2022-03-21 12:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105209105 #18 Susan Wojcicki alongo116 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105210963 Category
Technology
CEO of Alphabet subsidiary YouTube

Why chosen:
“She's able to listen to feedback and grow as a leader, responding to trends on the internet with strategic thinking and humility.’’ She was one of the youngest self made woman in the US.

Biography:

Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page developed Google's search engine in her garage.
She want to UCLA, Harvard, etc.
Her sister is the cofounder of 23andME DNA testing kit.
She started working for google when she was 16.

News story
https://time.com/6152333/russia-big-tech-poland-baltics/

]]> 2022-03-21 12:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105210963 Jennifer Salke https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105212206 - Media & Entertainment
- NBC Entertainment president
- was named head of streaming giant Amazon Studios
-made major changes to amazon studios

I think Jennifer salke is #54 in americas most powerful women because she is most literally and figuratively the boss of entertainment which is such a big deal in todays world because peoples lives today revolve around entertainment and holding the power she has is incredible and powerful

Audrey rose boiko

]]> 2022-03-21 12:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105212206 Nirmala Sitharaman https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105213652 jaslynn bennett

category:
politics & policy

why chosen:
Indias first full-time female finance minister

biography:
- she was appointed in May of 2019
- before politics she worked in the U.K.-based Agricultural Engineers Association and BBC World Service
- also served as a member of the National Commission for Women

news story:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nirmala-sitharaman-kiren-rijiju-leave-for-manipur-to-decide-next-chief-minister-101647763678595.htm

]]> 2022-03-21 12:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105213652 Jennifer Piepszak jhernan22 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105214004 Category:
Chief Financial Officer of JPMorgan

Why Chosen:
She has been seen as a potential successor to CEO Jaime Dimon along with Wall Street analysis have said she is equally powerful and capable for the job.

Biography:

Jennifer Piepszak is the chief and financial officer of JPMorgan and has been with the bank for already 27 years. She originally was the CFO for the length of 3 years (2019 - 2021) as she also served as the CEO of Card services, CEO business of banking and, CFO of Mortgage Banking. With her first 17 years in the business, Piepszak obtained very responsible roles within the Corporate and Investment Ban Credit Portfolio along side several Fixed Income markets and businesses. Piepszak also has a Bachelor of Science degree from Fairfield University and is on the United Way of NYC’s board of directors.

Sources: https://www.jpmorganchase.com/about/our-leadership/jennifer-piepszak]]> 2022-03-21 12:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105214004 Frances Haugen - Khushi Shah https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105217183 Category:
Technology

Why Chosen:
She was chosen because she is a data engineer of Facebook. She was the one who told people that Facebook uses the information people post and also spreads misinformation. Without her people wouldn’t know that their information and privacy isn’t safe.

Biography:
- Joined Facebook in 2019.
- Wanted to create a less toxic Facebook.
- She was the product manager.
- Data engineer for Facebook.
- Known as a whistleblower.
- Complains against her own company one how they are spreading hate and misinformation.

New Articles:
- https://www.kxan.com/news/sxsw/sxsw-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-on-social-media-reform/
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-what-we-know/index.html
- ]]> 2022-03-21 12:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105217183 Nicke Widyawati https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105217192 - she was born december 25th 1967
- she is the president director of pertamina
- one of the reasons that she was known as the 27th most powerful women was because the amount of how much she has done in a short amount of time.
- she became president director in around 5 - 8 months of working for pertamina because of how much work she did and the amount she knew about the prices of gas and oil.
- she stated working at the age of 21 with a engineering degree
- she studied and bang dung the institute of technology
- she became president director of pertamina in 2018
Aryan Patel]]> 2022-03-21 12:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105217192 Emma Walmsely https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105218968 Why she was chosen

Emma Walmsely became known when she became CEO of GlaxoSmithKline.
GlaxoSmithKline is a prescription store
She took risks by buying 36% of Novartis's 36% and is 53 year old
First woman to run a major pharmaceutical company.

News Article

17% pays bump
8.2million pounds earned
Still ranks below male counterparts on compensation

-Brian Lin
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/glaxosmtihkline-rewards-ceo-walmsley-pay-bump-17-ps82-million

]]> 2022-03-21 12:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105218968 #66 Sri Mulyani Indrawati vvadakan https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105219307 Age:
59

Category:
Politics and Policy

Why was she chosen:
Indrawati served as Indonesia's minister of finance from 2005 to 2010, helping to guide the country's transition from autocracy to democracy.

Biography:
- Indrawati returned to her role as a mister of finance for Indonesia after serving as a managing director and COO of the World Bank.
- As minister of finance, she is increasing state revenue through tax reforms that will expand e-filling services and boost taxpayer compliance.
- Last year, Indrawati received the prestigious Best Minister award at the World Government Summit for her efforts to implement reforms.
- While at the World Bank, she used her platform to promote gender equality.
- Indrawati published reports on how gaps in women's labor force participation account for income losses equivalent to a quarter of the GDP in the Middle East.

News Story:
https://www.internationaltaxreview.com/article/b1x64bbtjbgsgb/itr-global-tax-50-2021-22-sri-mulyani-indrawati ]]> 2022-03-21 12:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105219307 Layne Belmonte-Beyoncé Knowles(musician) https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105222417 -Beyoncé Knowles is a self made singer
-Beyoncé used to be in a R&B as the lead singer in the 1990s, but later in 2003 she went on her own to further her singing career.
-A new article that i picked talks about what she had done and what awards she had gotten and how she gotten to be the way she is now.]]> 2022-03-21 12:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105222417 Zhou Quinfi 79 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105223763 Zhou quinfi (48).She founded the major touchscreen maker Lens Technology.She is one of the richest woman in china with a net worth of around 10million usd. She attributes her success to one thing perserverince.People in the industry call Zhou by the nickname “Brother Fei” because they say she is as tough as a man Some might say she’s tougher. In 1986 at age 16 Zhou dropped out of high school to work as an assembly worker in a watch lens factory She took accounting classes at night and dreamed of starting her own business turning herself into the richest self made woman.

Dennis nieves

]]> 2022-03-21 12:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105223763 David Semple - Laura Cha https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105224379 Category:

Chair

Why Chosen:
I think she was chosen because she focused on expanding hkex's product ecosystem as well as its ipo activity. In 2020, she said, the exchange ranked #2 globally for its IPO market.

Biography:
Laura Cha was the first female chair of the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2018. A chair person is is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. She also is a member of the executive council of the government of Hong Kong.

News Story:
Laura Cha steps down from HSBC board
Laura Cha will step down from the board of HSBC immediately after the 2021 annual general meeting in May. She has served for nine years.
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/2/166051/Laura-Cha-steps-down-from-HSBC-board

]]> 2022-03-21 12:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105224379 Amanda blanc https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105224488

Aviva is the UK's largest insurer with a 23% share of the UK life and savings market; it provides savings, retirement and insurance services to 18 million people.

She also has a voluntary role as chair of the Welsh Professional Rugby Board

News story As one of just eight female CEOs in the FTSE 100, and head of a financial services firm that can boast having hit gender diversity targets for its senior ranks, Amanda Blanc is blazing a trail for women in business who have ambitions to make it to the top. https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/fn25-how-amanda-blanc-led-the-way-for-women-in-the-ftse-20220316

]]> 2022-03-21 12:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105224488 Deena Mohamed - 1B deenamohamed https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105225191 Biography:

Renuka Jagtiani is a chairwomen and CEO of the Landmark Group. For more than 20 years, she led the company’s corporate strategy and led the company to expansion into new markets. She also oversees more than 50,000 employees. Her and her husband have been working hard for the last two decades, and she plays an essential role in the company. Her and her husband are one of the richest billionaires in Dubai today, and her and her husbands company employ more than 55,000 people.

I think that she was chosen because she works extremely hard as a CEO and makes a huge amount of money, setting a huge leading example for women all over the world.

News article:

Company: Landmark Group
Title: Chairwoman and CEO
Nationality: Indian
Sector: Retail

The Landmark Group is a Dubai based multinational consumer that was founded in 1973. In 2021, the group provided COVID relief to 94 parter vendors and over 100,000 workers and their families across 13 cities in India and beyond.

https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/50-most-powerful-business-women

https://www.forbes.com/profile/renuka-jagtiani/?list=power-women&sh=18ecae4d4c69

]]> 2022-03-21 12:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2105225191 Ursula von der Leyen https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2106144318 - Ursula von Der leyon is a president of the European commission since 2019. She was the first woman to serve as Germany’s minister of defense and was the first woman to be elected to be president of the European Commission.
- Ursula von Der Leyens parents are German, and she was born and it lived in brussels. Ernst Albrecht, her father, was one of the earliest European civil employees. She grew up speaking both German and French.
- she began involved in local politics in the Berlin region in the late 1900s, and from 2003 to 2005, she served as a cabinet minister in the lower Saxony state administration
-Brianna Orshansky ]]> 2022-03-21 20:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2106144318 Mary Barra- Victor Velasco https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2108271765 Category: Business
Why Chosen: first woman to lead one of the big three automakers in the U.S
Biography:

Is the CEO of general motors.
She’s 60 and from Novi, Michigan.
Barra is the first woman to lead one of the big three automakers in the U.S.
Barra has invested a lot of money in electric vehicles, self driving cars and a ride-share service called Maven.
Her company has scoffed a lot of high numbers over the past years.

News article:
https://www.forbes.com/profile/mary-barra/?list=power-women&sh=1a06c64110ad

]]> 2022-03-22 19:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2108271765 Ana Patricia Botin https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2108533266 -Botin became chair of the Banco Santander company after her fathers death.
-Botin was born October 4th, 1960 (61 years old)
-She is the CEO OF Santander Bank in Spain.
-Botin has 3 children and 4 siblings.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/ana-patricia-botin/?list=power-women&sh=4deda7193d3c]]> 2022-03-22 23:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2108533266 Emelyn Merino-Kamala Harris https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2108687663 Biography-Kamala Devi Harris became the first POC woman Vice President on January 20th 2021.She also became attorney general in 2010.She has written 3 books one being a children’s book called “Superheros are everywhere”.She was born in Oakland California and her mother is from India and her father is from Jamaica.She studied at Howard University.

Why chosen-She was chosen because she is the first POC woman Vice President

Current News- she’s investing in health care and the funding is supposed to support up to 22,000 of doctors,nurses and behavioral health professionals

News Article-https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/kamala-harris

]]> 2022-03-23 01:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2108687663 Reese Witherspoon-Emerson Gottschalk 1B https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/4ihdvoms9wgeaqqr/wish/2112646120 -Has her own production company “pacific standard” started in 2012
-She partnered with Otter Media in 2016 to launch Hello Sunshine which focuses on female driven stories.
-Hello Sunshine is now a book club with audible, two podcasts, and is collaborating with apple.
-A media company is purchasing a portion of the Hello Sunshine book club and it is now worth up to 900 million dollars.

https://www.forbes.com/profile/reese-witherspoon/?list=power-women&sh=38c50e3446ce

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