Sara Blakely: Building a Billion-Dollar Brand on Her Own Terms
Sara Blakely founded Spanx with $5,000 and no outside funding. How she bootstrapped a billion-dollar brand and became a self-made female billionaire.
Read more →Finance has always had women in it. What’s changed over the decades is how many, at what levels, and with what recognition.
This section profiles women who built lasting careers in banking, investing, economic policy, financial planning, and wealth management — some of whom opened doors that didn’t exist before them, and others who built institutions that remain among the most influential in the world.
The list is not exhaustive. It is selective: chosen for the significance of their contributions, the documented impact of their careers, and the lessons their trajectories offer for anyone navigating finance today.
