Since 2019, Ellen Kullman has been serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Carbon, Inc., a 3D printing company best known for its manufacturing partnerships with Adidas, Ikea, and Ford. This position is even more remarkable as it is a rare example of a former female Chief Executive becoming a CEO for a second time…
Pusarla Venkata Sindu, known widely as P.V Sindhu, is an Indian badminton star, achieving many awards in her sport and eventually becoming the first Indian Woman to earn a silver medal in the Olympics. Born July 5th, 1995 Sindhu came from an athletic background. Her parents were both professional volleyball players on a national level, with her father even winning a…
Carol M. Meyrowitz is the Executive Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of TJX Companies, the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the United States and worldwide. Born in 1954, she graduated from Rider University with a bachelor’s in marketing and management…
American actress and author Carrie Fisher was best known for her iconic portrayal of Princess Leia in “Star Wars”, one of the most eminent science fiction movie franchise ever. Born in 1956 to famous artist and singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, she was destined to make a career in Hollywood and quickly followed their path into show business. She first appeared in a Broadway show called “Irene”, in which her mother starred…
Zuzana Čaputová, nicknamed the “Erin Brockovich of Slovakia” is a Slovakian-born politician, lawyer and activist, currently serving as the first female president of the country. Known for her sincere dedication for political justice, and desire to reform corruption within the Slovakian government, she has dedicated her life and professional career to reformative activism…
Ethiopian track athlete Tirunesh Dibaba is the youngest female world champion in the history of athletics and the first woman to win gold in both the 5,000m/10,000m races at Olympic Games. She was born in 1985 in the village of Bekoji, located in the high plains of Ethiopia, which is home to a number of long-distance champions…
Channing Dungey is one of the top executives in Hollywood. As a self-described TV junkie, she has helped develop many addictive hits like Scandal, Quantico, Once Upon a Time, and American Crime and brought them to the small screen…
When earlier this year Rosalind Brewer took over her new role as Chief Executive Officer of global drug store giant Walgreens, she officially became the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 company and just the third in modern history to reach such a career milestone. A chemist by training, her professional path is more than impressive…
As a premature baby who also suffered from polio, sprinter Wilma Rudolph overcame all odds when she turned into a pioneering track and field champion. Although her success was not easily won, she became one of the world’s fastest women and a source of inspiration for athletes…
Debi Thomas is one of the great female sports stars of the 1980s. As a pioneer for Black women in figure skating, she became the first African American athlete to ever win a medal in any event at the Winter Olympic Games. And while her sports career did not last long, her achievements were many…
