Success Stories of Women in Business

21. June 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Business News · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

One only has to look at a financial magazine or paper to see success stories of women in business. Fortune magazine annually publishes lists of powerful and successful women in business with portions of their success stories. Here are some examples of success stories of Women in Business.

Named as the top globally powerful woman, Indra Nooyi represents one of the major success stories of women in business. As Chairman and CEO of Pepsico at age 51, she represents an exciting success story of women in business. On this same list, Oprah Winfrey is another of the success stories of women in business, as a huge media star and extremely wealthy woman. She made a simple start in radio broadcasting and rose to the peak of her profession, offering a success story of women in business.

Success stories of women in business include those on Fortune’s list of 50 global leaders among women. Cynthia Carroll, an American geologist,is a major success story of women in business. She is CEO of the world’s largest mining company located in Britain. She is credited with growing the company and of establishing very high safety levels…offering a success story of women in business. Another success story of women in business of that of Anne Lauvergeon, who has risen to the rank of Executive Chairman of Areva, a nuclear company based in France.

Success stories of women in business must inevitably take note of earnings levels, and Fortune does that by listing the 50 highest… Read the rest

Women Owned Businesses

06. June 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Business News · Tags: , , , , , ,

There are well over 10 million women owned businesses in the US today representing close to 30% of all businesses. And women owned businesses are increasing at a more rapid rate than are male owned businesses. A business is considered to be a women owned business if it is more than 50% owned by a woman or women.

There are women owned businesses in every field, from consulting to clothing to insurance and publishing, to professional services and body care. Various web sites post numbers of types of women owned business, and offer opportunity for other women owned businesses to post information. The National Association of Business Women offers information and services to its members everywhere, as well as networking opportunities for operators of women owned businesses.

One would expect many women owned businesses to be involved with products and services particularly related to women’, It is true that there are women owned businesses of this type, but there are millions of women owned businesses which offer products and services of every kind. Certainly publishing, insurance and consulting women owned businesses offer services and products of interest to the general population.

Women owned businesses related to health and body care show an awareness of ecological issues, with many personal care products being organic in composition. This is a welcome change from many of the personal and cosmetic products on the market which contain harmful ingredients. One web site which posts information on women owned businesses lists two dozen companies producing… Read the rest

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