Powerful Women 3A by Elizabeth Welsh https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go en-us 2022-03-16 12:17:48 UTC 2025-10-10 15:42:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Ana Patricia Botín https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102223630 Ana Patricia Botín is a Financial figure who took the chair on a company in 2014 after the death of her father. She is a proud member of the Spanish community. She is apart of the company, Santander Group. It is said that she is the fourth generation to withhold her current spot. She also backs many small businesses and smaller companies as well as women owned businesses. She also then launched Santander X in support of university entrepreneurship. -Suhavee Champi]]> 2022-03-18 16:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102223630 Carol Tomé ssanjanw https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102325976 My person is Carol Tomé. She is the CEO of the United Parcel Service which is a part of national wide transportation. She was chosen because she was the first female chief executive for this business. In her first 100 days of being CEO she focused directly on the spread of covid vaccines. Before she joined UPS she worked as the executive Vice President and chief financial officer of Home Depot. She is also the 12th CEO in the 114 year history of the company. Carol had been retired on her own farm in Northwest Georgia. Even thought she was retired she was still on board with many other companies including UPS. The company needed someone like Carol and her skills. She took time and she realized that she was a good fit for UPS. She decided that because everything fit well in her mind, she decided to go back into working which led her to become the CEO of UPS.                                                             

]]> 2022-03-18 17:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102325976 Penelope Chen - Yuriko Koike https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102533107 Yuriko Koike is a resilient and strong- willed Japanese politician who was elected as Tokyo’s governor in 2016, and was reelected in 2020 for her responsiveness to the coronavirus breakout (1).  Koike was previously a journalist and was awarded as a Female Broadcaster of Japan in the year 1990 (2).  She worked diligently at Nippon TV and grew to be a well- known/successful interviewer (3).  She became a powerful woman in what was considered a male- dominated industry because of her intelligence and diligence.  Following, she was elected into parliament in 1992 (4), became Japan’s environment minister from 2003- 2006 (5), and was elected as a defense minister in 2007 (6).  Koike sought to create a nation with clear policies and a sense of compassion/understanding amongst the civilians.  In 2017, she successfully founded her own party in politics where she advocated for more efficiency/responsibility in Japan (7).  As the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games neared in 2020, she prepared the lively city for the tournaments, as well (8).  Her determination and compassion have grown exponentially over the past few years, and she has recently begun to provide refuge from Ukrainian people.  Minister Koike is now providing these Ukrainians with housing (700 apartments) as they seek safety from the war- filled world they left behind.  Moreover, a study revealed that approximately 85% of those living in Japan were willing to allow Ukrainian “evacuees” to live in their nation for safety.  

SOURCE:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/tokyo-set-to-receive-ukrainian-refugees-friday-governor-says
https://asiasociety.org/asia-game-changer-awards/yuriko-koike
https://www.forbes.com/profile/yuriko-koike/?list=power-women&sh=6ad9cd965f7e
]]> 2022-03-18 21:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102533107 Aditi Kamath - Ruth Porat https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102534433 Ruth Porat: 
  • Ruth Porat is the CFO  and senior Vice President of Alphabet which is Google’s parent company
  • She had rose to her current position in 2015. Ruth Porat falls into the category of Technology according to Forbes
  • She became famous for spending on some Google bets - an example is Google delivering its own wireless service
  • She joined the board of Wall Street
Biography
  • Porat is 64 years old and resides in California
  •  She was born in 1957 in Sale, UK
  • She is British-American and a business executive with her net worth being around $180 million
  •  She is a breast cancer survivor who got diagnosed 2 times in the past 15 years and talks about her story today
New Article 
  • The news article that I read was from 3 weeks ago and is titled, “Why are global tech giants investing so much in Israel”
  • The article was mainly about the different industry changes that Google is going to make and their recent  trip to Israel
  •  The article shows an image of Ruth taking a selfie with the Israeli staff
  • The article also states that Ruth was with the US ambassador, and female and Arab entrepreneurs, investors, and engineering while on her trip
  • They discussed topics about the google industry
  • She also met with many business leaders and policy makers on her trip

Sources 
]]> 2022-03-18 21:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2102534433 Joash Abraham-Powerful Women / Laura Cha https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2103984132 Laura Cha is an important business woman who took on the position of the first female chair of the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2018. She was born in Shanghai, China on December 5, 1949. At a young age, Cha moved to British Hong Kong where she lived for most of her life. From the University of Wisconsin, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and later earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law. In 1983, Cha practiced law with Pillsbury Madison and Suturo in San Francisco, California. On the Forbes website, Mrs.Cha is placed into the category of finance. She has also held a position as a member in the Executive Council of The Government of Hong Kong. Previously in her carrier, Cha was part of the Hong Kong securities and Futures Commission, from the years 1991-2000 as well. A recent report from October 18, 2021 shows that Laura Cha discussed investments in terms of green goals and environmental safety. As seen here, she is making a wonderful contribution to improve and maintain a clean environment for Hong Kong’s future.

Sources:
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/19/hong-kong-has-a-key-role-to-play-in-green-financing-says-hkex-chairman.html  

https://www.forbes.com/profile/laura-cha/?list=power-women&sh=6b32dd9925a5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Cha
]]> 2022-03-20 19:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2103984132 Reese Witherspoon https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2104077171 By: Riley Volastro

Reese Witherspoon has been in at least 51 movies. She started a production company in 2012. In 2016 she partnered with Otter Media which is a division of AT&T’s WarnerMedia. This focuses on female-driven stories. It now operates a book club, audio programming with audible, a video on demand channel with direct tv and collaborates with apple, and 2 podcasts. She is also a huge feminist. A Blackstone media company is purchasing a majority stake in Hello Sunshine in August of 2021. This is valuing it at 900 million. She is #11 as the highest paid entertainer in 2021 and #74 of the most powerful women of 2021.

Sources:
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-old-is-reese-witherspoon-5-fun-movies-to-celebrate-her-march-birthday.html/

https://www.forbes.com/profile/reese-witherspoon/?list=power-women&sh=7db3a5c546ce]]> 2022-03-20 21:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2104077171 Summer Reneo: Serena Williams https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2105365267 Serena Williams is an American tennis player born on September 26, 1981. Serena won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and multiple gold medals at the 2000, 2008, 2012 Olympic Games. She has achieved over 73 singles titles and 25 runner ups. A current news article dated Tuesday March 8, 2022 says that Serena Williams said she would “ probably be in jail” if she behaved as Zverev did. During the 2020 olympics Alexander Zverev received an 8 week ban for smashing his racket on the umpires chair. Serena believes if she had behaved this way the consequences would be far worse than what he received.  She is #85 on the most powerful women list under the category Media and Entertainment. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/serena-williams-alexander-zverev-b2030831.html]]> 2022-03-21 13:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2105365267 Gail Boudreaux - Maahi Patel https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106136245 Gail Boudreaux:
  • Currently she is the CEO of an insurance company called Anthem, one of the largest for-profit health care company in Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  • She is a part of the business field
  • Gail Boudreaux is 62 years old
  • She had done her education at Dartmouth college, Columbia University, and Columbia business school 
  • She used to be the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, this is one of the largest insurance groups in America
  • She was also a college athlete on the Dartmouth women’s basketball team
  • She has been said to be one of the most powerful people in healthcare 
  • Her company has committed $2.6 billion dollars in financial assistance due to the pandemic 
  • Her company has given about $53 million in grants to address the health issues in America 

News Article:
  • The news article is from about 2 weeks ago
  • Anthem, the company that she is the CEO of is planning to change its name to Elevance Health
  • They want to change the name of the company because they feel that the name change will address the entire health aspect 
  • Anthem is currently serving more than 118 million people and more than 45 million of the people inside its family of health plans 

Sources
]]> 2022-03-21 20:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106136245 Taylor Swift- Anya Patel apatel276 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106294113 Taylor Swift is a singer/songwriter. Her music spans multiple genres and her songwriting is often inspired by her person life. Swift has sold over 13 million albums and has multiple awards, including being the top-selling digital artists in music history. She received the Artist of the Year Award at the American Music Awards. Taylor Swift donated lots of money to many causes like in 2009 she performed on BBCs Children in Need concert and donated $13,000 to the cause. Covid 19 caused Taylor Swift to cancel all her 2020 tour dates, and she plans on rescheduling some for 2021. In 2019, she announced she would be re-recording her fist six albums. She is known as an inspirer to young girls all around the world and she always find ways to give back.]]> 2022-03-21 23:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106294113 Amy Hood - Chris Collins ccollin12 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106302316 Amy Hood
Technology

Amy Hood is the executive Vice President and chief financial officer at Microsoft. She joined Microsoft in 2002. Amy Hood is very educated with a Master’s degree of Business Administration Received at Harvard University. She is 50 years old and a U.S. citizen. In the Forbes Powerful women list Amy Hood was ranked #28. Key Connections Amy Hood has is with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. While at Microsoft she has made well over 57 deals which includes acquiring the 2018 $7.5 development platform GitHub. In the time she was CFO the company’s stock surged around 300%. Before her Microsoft job she worked at Goldman Sachs. A recent Story about Amy Hood was produced by Microsoft. Amy Hood is a strategic partner to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. She drive corporate initiatives like Microsoft’s climate and affordable housing commitments that supports the company’s ecosystem. Also Amy Hood served on the Board of Directors of 3M since 2017.

https://www.forbes.com/profile/amy-hood/?list=power-women&sh=570228293e21

https://news.microsoft.com/exec/amy-hood/
]]> 2022-03-21 23:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106302316 Beyoncé Knowles - Alex Amodio aamodio https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106359489
  • Beyoncé Knowles was born September 4, 1981. 

    • Beyoncé is 40 years.

    •  Beyoncé is a songwriter, singer, and actress. 

    • Beyoncé’s genres that she sings are Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, and soul. 

    • Beyoncé first became famous through being a lead singer in a girl group called Destiny’s Child. 

    • Beyoncé’s husband, Jay-Z is a billionaire.

    •  Beyoncé is a high school dropout. 

    • Beyoncé’s net worth is $440 million.

    • Beyoncé has three children named Blue Ivy Carter, Sir Carter, and Rumi Carter. 

    • Beyoncé has preformed in the Super Bowl. 



    Sources: 
    https://www.forbes.com/profile/beyonce-knowles/?list=power-women&sh=1aca80503ce7
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyoncé
    ]]>     2022-03-22 00:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106359489     Powerful Women Padlet: Abigail Johnson sdivyako https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106365504 Abigail Johnson is the 6th most powerful woman in the world. Johnson is under the finance category because she is one of the most richest women in the world. Johnson is the Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments with a net worth of 22.4 Billion dollars. “She owns an estimated 24.5% stake of the firm, which has $4.2 trillion in managed assets” (Forbes). Abigail Johnson and her family are “frequent donors to nonprofits in the Boston area and has given money to Harvard…” (Forbes). Johnson is currently 60 years old and served as CEO of Fidelity Investments since 2014 after her father; chairman since 2016. Johnson grew up in a relatively wealthy environment since her grandfather founded the company in 1946. 

    Recent News regarding Abigail Johnson:
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-09/fidelity-trading-boom-lifts-johnson-family-wealth-to-48-billion
    “Fidelity Trading Boom Lifts Johnson Family Wealth to $48 Billion” Shah, Jill R.

    The article talks about Fidelity Investments revenue rising up significantly, along with the companies value and Johnson’s family net worth. “The family, which owns almost half the Boston-based company, is now worth $48 billion, and increase of $6.2 billion” (Shah).]]>     2022-03-22 00:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106365504     Janet Yellen - Anirudh Prodduturu aproddut https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106422286 Short Biography
    • Graduated from Brown University with a degree in economics(1967)
    • Earned her PhD in economics from Yale (1971)
    • Married to now Nobel prize-winning economist George A. Akerlof (1978)
    • Led Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors (1997)
    • Received the Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale (1997)
    • Appointed Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve by President Obama (2010)
    • The first woman to become the chair of the Federal Reserve (2014)
    • The first woman to be named the US Treasury Secretary (2021)
    • Values low unemployment over low inflation
    • The S&P 500 has risen 46% since she became the Fed Chair
    Recent News Story:
    • Janet Yellen warns there could be another year of high inflation due to the invasion of Ukraine
    • Yellen said the Ukraine crisis is causing skyrocketing gas prices
    • She noted that Ukraine and Russia are big exporters of wheat, affecting the cost of food
    • Yellen said that the economy remains strong and won't experience stagflation

    News source:
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/janet-yellen-uncomfortably-high-inflation/

    Biography sources:
    https://www.forbes.com/profile/janet-yellen/?list=power-women&sh=1b0247cf36d7
    https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/101613/janet-yellen-background-and-philosophy.asp
    https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/janet-yellen
    ]]>     2022-03-22 01:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106422286     Mary Callahan Erdoes - Manika Vaidya https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106446863 Mary Callahan Erdoes is part of the finance category. She is placed on the Forbes list of most powerful women because of her remarkable work as the CEO of J. P. Morgan Asset and Wealth Management. Erdoes has been CEO since 2009 and working at her firm for 25 years. She has very respectable degrees from schools such as Georgetown and Harvard university. Her firm has $4 trillion in client assets and she oversees all of this as head. She is an advocate for ethnic and female diversity in the workplace with organizations like ASCEND. Recently, she spoke about inflation and gave her insight on the topic. She stated that it will have a long-lasting effect on the US. On a more uplifting note, she mentioned that there is an increase of diversity at the bank which she oversees, but there is still much to be done. 
    Sources: 
    https://www.forbes.com/profile/mary-callahan-erdoes/?list=power-women&sh=4cd9f8fd255f

    https://www.barrons.com/articles/barrons-100-most-influential-women-in-u-s-finance-mary-callahan-erdoes-51647590406 
    ]]>     2022-03-22 01:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106446863     Karen Lynch -Natalie Grant https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106467251 Category: Business 

    Why she was chosen: Karen Lynch started off as the executive vice president of CVS in 2018. Through her hard work taking working on COVID response in 2020, the company had the most independent Covid testing areas. This lead her to gain the position of CEO in February 2021. 

    Biography: 
    • Karen Lynch has more than 30 years of health experience before becoming a leader at CVS. 
    • She’s held the position of president at other companies too such as Cigna and Magellan Health Services. 
    • Lynch was recognized on Business Insider’s “Top 100 People Transforming Business” list. 
    • Karen Lynch graduated from Boston College and The Quaestorum School of Business.  
    • Karen Lynch supervises almost 10,000 pharmacies and about 1,000 other health clinics. 

    A recent news story that Karen Lynch had been featured in is CVS will be firing people of many different positions due to sexual harassment accusations. The article talks about how Karen Lynch will be supervising the whole process that is occurring. 

    Sources:

    https://www.cvshealth.com/about-cvs-health/leadership/karen-lynch

    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/11/cvs-ceo-karen-lynch-fires-executives-after-internal-sexual-harassment-probe.html
    ]]>     2022-03-22 01:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106467251     Elvira Nabiullina apatel95 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106508993 (Politics; economist)
    • Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1986 and 2007 Yale World Fellows Program
    • Started working at the USSR Science and Industry Union in 1991
    • After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she continued as a consultant of economic policy at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
    • Left the RSPP and became Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Reform under the Russian Ministry of Economy, handled problems regarding Russia’s market liberalization
    • Was promoted to head of the department, and then deputy minister 
    • Reforms led to creation of a class of private owners 
    • Former economic advisor to Vladimir Putin
    • Former minister of economic development and trade
    • The first woman to run a central bank of a G8 country
    • Governor of the Bank of Russia
    She has led the Bank of Russia through many crises throughout her time as governor. She focuses on fighting inflation. She supports growth and maintains her goals, even after criticism from Putin himself.
    https://geohistory.today/elvira-nabiullina/

    On March 18th, president Putin enlisted Nabiullina for a third term. The parliament will review the proposal. If the vote is approved, Nabiullina will start a new five-year term.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/putin-proposes-nabiullina-for-new-term-as-central-bank-governor-l0w376qw


    ]]>     2022-03-22 01:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106508993     Rosalind Brewer - Maya Davis https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106524080 Rosalind Brewer is the CEO of Walgreens, categorized in the business aspect of this list. She was appointed CEO in 2021, which made her the only Balck Women at the head of a S&P 500 company. She is currently 59 with 2 children and married. She was the only Black Women to sit at Amazons board in 2019 and was the CEO of Sams Club, influencing modern grocery services. She was also a Starbucks COO for a couple years and helped with  training and policies on racial bias. A recent news article from about a month ago is about Brewer finding her voice and courage to speak up. She inspires those shy and those whom hate talking by encouraging them that they can change it. 

    Sources:
    - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-ceo-rosalind-brewer-talks-190008235.html

    - https://www.forbes.com/power-women/#4c4f52e05e25]]>     2022-03-22 02:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106524080     Güler Sabancı ssaravan2 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106537730 -Güler Sabancı is a Turkish businesswoman, a third-generation female member of the Sabancı family, and the chairperson of the family-controlled Sabancı Holding, the second-largest industrial and financial conglomerate in Turkey.

    - born 1955, Adana, Turkey

    -After finishing high school at TED Ankara college  in Ankara, she was educated in business administration at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.

    -She started her career at the tire manufacturing company of the group and held various roles at the other group companies. Ms. Sabancı is the Founding President of the Sabancı University and also acts as chairman of the Sakip Sabancı Museum

    ]]>     2022-03-22 02:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106537730     MacKenzie Scott https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106540707 Aidan Ayar

    Category : Philanthropist

    https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/?sh=c36bd41243d0
    https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/meckenzie-bezos-32822.php

    She is one of the most prominent philanthropists in the world. She is the wealthiest woman in the world. She was a partner and helped build amazon from the ground up, and gained 50% of the wealth when she separated from her now ex-husband Bill Gates.

    News Story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625257/Jeff-Bezos-ex-wife-MacKenzie-Scott-donates-281-MILLION-Boys-Girls-Club.html

    Ms. Scott is a well renowned philanthropist. Meaning, she donates money and ends up making money. She recently donated $281 Million. Yes $281 Million, to a Boys & Girls club. This donation is absolutely ginormous in size. She frequently makes donations of millions of dollars to different companies/groups/causes, this is what makes her such a well renowned philanthropist.
    ]]>     2022-03-22 02:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106540707     Nancy Pelosi - Adeel https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106541679 - Nancy was born on March 26th 1940 and is currently 81 years old 
    - Nancy was first elected to congress at the age of 47
    - When she was elected as speaker of the house in 2007, she became the first woman to lead a major political party 
    - Started her 3rd term as speaker in 2019
    - Initiated the fourth ever impeachment process in U.S. history against Donald Trump in 2019
    - At a ceremony in Seneca Falls she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
    - She got a degree in Bachelor of Arts/Science, at Trinity Washington University
    - She has a net worth of $120,000,000
    - She acquired her wealth from real estate assets, stock investments and other private assets



    Sources: 
    https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/nancy-pelosi-net-worth/

    https://www.forbes.com/profile/nancy-pelosi/?list=power-women&sh=20faeb81765d]]>     2022-03-22 02:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106541679     Shemara Wikramanayake -Tanya P https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106590460 -CEO & Managing Director, Macquarie Group (Business) 
    -born on December 12, 1962 
    -She made it on the list because of her position of CEO of the Macquarie group. 
    -joined Macquarie group in 1987 and worked fro 20 years until appointed head of Macquarie Asset Management in 2008
    -only female CEO among Australia’s 20 biggest companies 
    -first Asian-Australian woman to head an ASX 200 listed company
    -worked in six countries, establishing and leading the groups’s offices in New Zealand, Hong Kong, and , Malaysia 
    -she was also appointed Commissioner of the Global Commission on Adaptation. (A initiative to help climate change and advance climate adaptation action) 

    News Story: “Macquarie boss Shemara Wikramanayake talks risk management after record-breaking quarter”
    https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/macquarie-boss-shemara-wikramanayake-talks-risk-management-after-recordbreaking-quarter/news-story/b424487fc8e9a0df055d1b4722cceeb4

    Sources:

    https://www.forbes.com/profile/shemara-wikramanayake/?list=power-women&sh=4b53981517e3

    https://globalny.biz/person/id/369

    https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Shemara+Wikramanayake/449500
    ]]>     2022-03-22 02:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106590460     Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw By: Krish Anand https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106614534 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw


    • She is India’s richest self made women 
    • She founded India's largest listed biopharmaceutical firm by revenue, in 1978
    • Many investors were interested in this firm
    • This firm has sold over 3 billon doses of Insulin
    • This firm is Asia’s largest Insulin factory in the Malaysia's Johor region
    • Kiran wanted to be an doctor, but she couldn’t get into medical school 
    • She and her husband donated $7.5 million to the University of Glasgow in order to create a research hub
    • She has been listed as a philanthropist due to all her donations 
    • She first had difficulty in getting into his filed, but she was decimated San did not give up 
    • She went to an all girls school
    • In 2007, she made a cancer care center in Bangalore. 
    • She is very generous, and takes good care of all her workers
    • She received the Veuve Clicquot Initiative for Economic Development for Asia and Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life Sciences and Healthcare in 2002.
    • She has many awards for her philanthropy and inventions
    • She started Biocon, which is a large biomedical company
    • She is the Managing Director and Chairman of her company
    resources :
    https://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/kiran-mazumdar-shaw
    https://www.forbes.com/profile/kiran-mazumdar-shaw/?list=power-women&sh=4cad1a6759ad
    ]]>     2022-03-22 03:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106614534     Kamala Harris - Anuj akakuman https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2106615198 - Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 and she is currently 57 years old.
    - She was born in Oakland, California.
    - She graduated from Howard University and then went on to graduate from University of California College of Law.
    - She started off her career as an attorney in California.
    - She was elected district attorney of San Francisco in 2003.
    - She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and 2014 and served as the junior US senator from California from 2017 to 2021.
    - She was the second African American woman and first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate.
    - She initially was in the race for President in 2020 but withdraw before the primaries and was selected by now President, Joe Biden as his running mate and she went on to become the Vice President of the United States
    - She is the first female Vice President in the history of the country as well as being of African American and South Asian descent.

    Sources: https://www.forbes.com/profile/kamala-harris/?list=power-women&sh=3a9f477937eb
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kamala-Harris

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  • Mo Abudu is a Nigerian talk show hostess, TV producer, human resource manager, media personality, entrepreneur, venture capitalist , and philanthropist. 
  • She the is founder and CEO of Ebony life which is Africa’s first global black television networks which debuted 7/1/13
  • She has been compared to Oprah Winfrey often nicknamed as “Africa’s Oprah”
  • She saw that organizations needed trained talents to be part of their workforce and take the organizations to the next level
  • She loves Africa and always wanted to tell the story of it so her love for Africa and wanting to the its story in a accurate way is what ended up creating “Inspire Africa” it was created to celebrate African Culture and the achievements of its people.
  • She is the Executive Producer and host of moments with mo. The talk show is airing in 49 different African countries and is available on cable in the UK. She has hosted many big celebrities, political figures, and believers of change.
  • She has created many other shows such as, The debaters, Naija diamonds
  • MO founded the Inspire Africa Foundation and the foundation has a charity store called “The designer outlet for charity.
    • https://www.entrepreneurs.ng/mo-abudu/
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  • First woman to lead the European Central Bank. She assumed power on November 1st, 2019.
  • Lagarde led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 8 years between 2011 to 2019.
  • She is the first woman to chair both the IMF and the European Central Bank.
  • She was the French Finance Minister between the years of 2007 to 2011. She was the first woman in this role as well.
  • Prior to her political career, she was an anti-trust and labour lawyer, and was part of the firm Baker and McKenzie.
  • She was a partner in this firm for 5 years between 1999 and 2004.
  • Both of her parents were educators at a school in rural France. 
  • She worked at the US Capitol building as a congressional assistant in 1973 as an intern.
  • Current Event - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-21/ecb-s-lagarde-doesn-t-see-elements-of-stagflation-for-now
  • She has recently made comments on fears of inflation related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, due to the unintended consequences of war. 
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    - She’s the CEO of YouTube which has over 2 billion users monthly.

    - she originally worked as an employee of Google in 1999. Teh cofounders of Google, Page and Brin, rented her garage to work on the Google search engine.

    - In 2010 she was promoted to senior Vice President of Google the promoted again in 2014 to YouTube’s CEO

    - Wojcicki has a net worth of about 815 million dollars

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    -Despite graduating with a degree in brewing she become involved with the largest biopharmaceutical firm in India.
    -She graduated from University of Ballarat, Melbourne in 1975.
    - Biocon has now sold 3 billion doses of Insulin, becoming the largest Insulin factory in Malaysia.]]>     2022-03-22 10:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/oajsnycl6rtnj8go/wish/2107205624