List of women in leadership

Africa

Kenya

• Vivienne Yeda Apopo, banker, director general of the East African Development Bank
• Gina Din, businesswoman working in strategic communication and public relations
• Tabitha Karanja, entrepreneur, CEO of Keroche Breweries
• Stella Kilonzo, former CEO of Capital Markets Authority, manager at the African Development Bank

  Morocco

• Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, businesswoman, founder and CEO of the Aksai Group with retail interests

  Namibia

• Clara Bohitile, politician, businesswoman, chair of the Meat Corporation of Namibia
• Monica Nashandi, former diplomat and politician, former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi, former government minister, former managing director of the Namdeb mining joint venture

  Nigeria

• Olajumoke Adenowo, architect, businesswoman, head of the oil and gas firm Advantage Energy, founder of AD Consulting
• Folorunsho Alakija, business tycoon in the fashion, oil and printing industries
• Folake Coker, fashion designer, founder of Tiffany Amber
• Uche Eze, social media expert, entrepreneur, founder of the BellaNaija online magazine
• Kehinde Kamson, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the fast food company Sweet Sensation Confectionery
• Abibatu Mogaji, business magnate, President-General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men
• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, social entrepreneur, co-founder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, founder of LEAD Africa, a non-profit enterprise encouraging business leadership and development
• Bola Shagaya, businesswoman, managing director of Practoil, board member of Unity Bank, Nigeria

  Sierra Leone

• Isha Johansen, since 2013, president of the Sierra Leone Football Association
• Asma Mansour, entrepreneur, co-founded Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship in 2011

  Uganda

• Barbara Birungi, technologist, founder of HiveColab
• Amina Moghe Hersi, business executive in Kampala
• Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa, managing director and chair of Finance Trust Bank

  Asia-Pacific

Afghanistan

• Fatema Akbari, founded the Women Affairs Council in 2004
• Roya Mahboob, founder and CEO of Afghan Citadel Software

  Australia

• Rosie Batty, Australian of the Year
• Julie Bishop, foreign minister since 2013
• Jillian Broadbent, business executive, board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia, chancellor of the University of Wollongong
• Elizabeth Broderick, Former Australian Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner
• Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, Governor-General of Australia
• Ita Buttrose, journalist, businesswoman, former editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, President of Alzheimers Australia
• Kate Carnell, former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Kathryn Fagg, prominent businesswoman, board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia
• Julia Gillard, prime minister
• Carolyn Hewson, prominent businesswoman
• Cindy Hook, CEO, Deloitte Australia
• Joan Kirner, politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria
• Catherine Livingstone, chair of the Business Council of Australia
• Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the Australian Labor Party
• Heather Ridout, businesswoman, chair of Australian Super, board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia
• Gina Rinehart, mining magnate, chair of Hancock Prospecting
• Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission
• Alison Watkins, CEO, Coca-Cola Amatil Australia
• Jennifer Westacott, CEO, Business Council of Australia

  China

• Margaret Chan, Chinese health specialist, director-general of the World Health Organization
• Dong Mingzhu, business executive, president of Gree Electric
• Ping Fu, Chinese-American entrepreneur, founder of Geomagic
• Gu Kailai, former lawyer, businesswoman
• Liu Chaoying, former executive at China Aerospace International Holdings, Lt. Col in the People's Liberation Army
• Peng Lei, co-founder and executive of Alibaba Group
• Zihan Ling, entrepreneur and gender equality proponent, founded Techbase in 2015
• Sheng Aiyi, entertainment entrepreneur, general manager of Shanghai BaiLeMen
• Wu Ying, former entrepreneur, convicted of fraud
• Yang Huiyan, majority shareholder of the Country Garden Holdings property group
• Yang Lan, co-founder and chair of Sun Media Group
• Peggy Yu, co-founder of Dangdang, an online retailer
• Zhang Xin, business executive, co-founder and CEO of the real estate developer SOHO China
• Zhang Yin, founder and director of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited
• Kelly Zong, executive and purchasing manager of the Hangzhou Wahaha beverage group

  Hong Kong

• Sally Aw, newspaper owner until 1959
• Flora Cheong-Leen, business executive in fashion
• Pollyanna Chu, executive with interests in finance and real estate
• Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn, business executive, former politician, held senior positions until 1995
• Kwong Siu-hing, controlling interests in Sun Hung Kai Properties
• Michelle Sun, entrepreneur, founded First Code Academy in 2013
• Yvonne Lui, business executive, board member of several companies
• Annie Wu, businesswoman, founder of Beijing Air Catering, involved in other catering joint ventures

  India

• Anuradha Acharya, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Ocimum Bio Solutions
• Vinita Bali, CEO of the food products corporation Britannia Industries
• Avani Davda, CEO of the joint venture between Starbucks and Tata Global Beverage
• Bala Deshpande, senior managing director of the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates
• Nisa Godrej, executive director of Godrej Consumer Products
• Shyamala Gopinath, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, chair of HDFC Bank
• Kisha Gupta, Global Head of Academic Relations at Infosys Limited, Board Member of AIESEC India
• Vandana Luthra, entrepreneur, founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chair and CEO of Biocon
• Megha Mittal, chair and CEO of the German fashion firm Escada
• Sumati Morarjee, headed the Scindia Steam Navigation Company
• Leena Nair, executive director, HR, Hindustan Unilever
• Naveen Saini, business executive, former CEO of ICICI Prudential, CEO of Oral Developers bank
• Sheila Sri Prakash, Founder and Chief Architect of Shilpa Architects, Board Member of the Chennai Smart Cities Ltd., Member of World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation, Role of Arts in Society, and the Future Council on Sustainability and Resource Scarcity
• Priya Paul, Chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels, chair of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
• Chitra Ramkrishna, managing director and CEO, National Stock Exchange of India
• Kirthiga Reddy, businesswomen, director of sales at Facebook India
• Nicole Rodrigues-Larsen, Dubai-based entrepreneur, founder and managing director of modelling and talent agencies
• Usha Sangwan, business executive, managing director of Life Insurance Corporation of India
• Devita Saraf, founder and CEO of Vu Technologies
• Ameera Shah, CEO and Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare
• Shikha Sharma, managing director and CEO of Axis Bank
• Snehlata Shrivastava, government administrator, business executive, board member of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
• Mallika Srinivasan, chair and CEO of the TAFE farm equipment company
• Mercy Williams, first woman to be mayor of Kochi

  Indonesia

• Karen Agustiawan, former managing director and CEO of the Pertamina oil and gas concern
• Megawati Sukarnoputri, politician, President of Indonesia.
• Mooryati Soedibyo, politician, entrepreneur, founder and owner of Mustika Ratu cosmetics.
• Sri Mulyani Indrawati, former Managing Director of the World Bank Group, Minister of Finance of Indonesia.
• Susi Pudjiastuti, owner of Susi Air and PT ASI Pudjiastuti Marine Product, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia.
• Tri Rismaharini, politician, Mayor of Surabaya.

  Israel

• Orit Adato, first woman to achieve a three-star rank in Israel

  Japan

• Tatsuuma Kiyo, leading role at the Hakushika sake brewing company
• Sadako Ogata, international politics leader, widely known as the UNHCR
• Fumiko Hayashi, businessperson and politician, former president of BMW Tokyo, CEO of Daiei Inc., and Mayor of Yokohama

  Malaysia

• Yvonne Chia, business executive, former CEO of Hong Leong Bank, currently CEO of Shell Refining, Malaysia

  New Zealand

• Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, former President of the International Union of Socialist Youth
• Anne Blackburn, banker, businesswoman, board member or director of various organizations including Meridian Energy, Television New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Ballet
• Theresa Gattung, business executive with senior positions in several companies including Bank of New Zealand and Telecom New Zealand
• Bronwen Holdsworth, business woman, arts patron, chair of the Holdsworth Group with interests in farming, property, investment and manufacturing
• Pauline Kumeroa Kingi, Māori community leader
• Rosanne Meo, board member of several companies including television energy and financial interests
• Annette Presley, telecommunications entrepreneur, co-founder of Slingshot
• Nicky Wagner, politician, government minister outside of cabinet
• Joan Withers, business executive, chair of Television New Zealand and the Mercury Energy electricity generation company

  North Korea

• Kim Kyong-hui, former member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, former director of WPK Light Industry Department

  Pakistan

• Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, businessperson, politician, chair of the textile conglomerate Saif Group
• Fahmida Mirza, politician, former speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan

  Philippines

• Abby Jimenez, business executive, headed the advertising agency JimenezBasic
• Patricia Santo Tomas, chair of the Development Bank of the Philippines

  Saudi Arabia

• Nabilah al-Tunisi, general manager of Northern Area Projects for the Saudi Aramco oil and gas company
• Lubna Olayan, influential businessperson, CEO of the Olayan Financing Company
• Ameera al-Taweel, princess, philanthropist, vice chairperson of Alwaleed Philanthropies

  Singapore

• Jannie Chan, entrepreneur, president of the Singapore Retailers Association
• Jennie Chua, businessperson, co-founder of Beeworks, Inc.
• Fatimah binte Sulaiman, merchant, philanthropist
• Loke Cheng Kim, Malaysian-born businessperson, owner of the Ocean Park Hotel
• Olivia Lum, founder and president of the Hyflux Group
• Saw Phaik Hwa, former president and CEO of SMRT Corporation

  South Korea

• Kim Sung-joo, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Sungjoo Group, chair and CEO of MCM Holdings

  Sri Lanka

• Neela Marikkar, chair of the Grant McCann Erickson advertising agency

  Taiwan

• Nancy T. Chang, biochemist, co-founder of the U.S. pharmaceutical company Tanox
• Eva Chen, business executive, co-founder and CEO of the Trend Micro security company
• Shenan Chuang, CEO for Greater China at the Ogilvy & Mather advertising and marketing company

  Thailand

• Tarisa Watanagase, economist, former governor of the Bank of Thailand

  United Arab Emirates

• Raja Al Gurg, influential business executive, managing director of Easa Saleh Al Gurg
• Moza Saeed Al Otaiba, business executive, philanthropist, founder of Al Otaiba Inmaa

  Europe

Armenia

• Matild Manukyan, leading property investor in Istanbul

  Austria

• Evelyn Lauder, Austrian American business executive, vice president of Estée Lauder Companies
• Nadja Swarovski, board member of the Swarovski crystal company

  Belgium

• Clara de Hirsch, businesswoman, philanthropist
• Marie-Thérèse Rossel, newspaper editor, headed the Rossel publishing company

  Croatia

• Maja Ruth Frenkel, entrepreneur, business executive, politician

  Czech Republic

• Muriel Anton, economist, business executive, former CEO of Vodafone, Czech Republic
• Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler, co-owner of the German Schaeffler Group manufacturer of rolling bearings

  Denmark

• Birgit Aagard-Svendsen, executive vice president and CFO of the J. Lauritzen shipping company
• Stine Bosse, business executive, positions with TrygVesta, Allianz, Aker and president of the Royal Danish Theatre
• Elsebeth Budolfsen, pharmacist, business executive, has held senior positions in several important Danish companies
• Lene Dammand Lund, architect, educator, rector at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
• Lene Espersen, politician, business executive
• Julie Fagerholt, fashion designer, founder of the luxury clothing brand Heartmade
• Mette Kynne Frandsen, CEO and partner at Henning Larsen Architects
• Karen Hækkerup, politician, business executive, former minister
• Vibeke Jensdatter, early merchant, landowner, successful in business
• Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak, owner and chair of the ECCO shoe company
• Camilla Ley Valentin, business executive, co-founder and CCO of the queuing system Queue-it
• Dorte Mandrup, architect, founder and owner of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
• Tine Roed, administrator, business executive, deputy director-general at the Confederation of Danish Industries
• Lene Tranberg, head and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, business executive, chair of the A.P. Møller Foundation
• Margrethe Vestager, Danish politician, European Commissioner for Competition
• Vibeke Windeløv, film producer, has served on numerous corporate boards including the European Film Academy

  Estonia

• Leonora Linter, political activist, entrepreneur

  Finland

• Lenita Airisto, influential business leader, culture and TV
• Anne Brunila, executive vice president of Fortum
• Maija-Liisa Friman, business executive, serving on the board of several companies
• Valpuri Innamaa, early merchant, shipowner
• Sveta Planman, fashion designer, CEO of JOLIER
• Lisa Sounio, fashion entrepreneur, business executive
• Jaana Tuominen, business executive, CEO of the coffee and cocoa company Gustav Paulig

  France

• Catherine Barba, business executive active in digital retail
• Patricia Barbizet, holds various executive positions including CEO of Christie's
• Suzanne Belperron, influential jewellery designer and business executive
• Liliane Bettencourt, prominent businesswoman, top shareholder in L'Oréal
• Anne Bouverot, business executive, CEO of Morpho, former board member of the GSM Association
• Coco Chanel, founder of Chanel
• Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, owner and developer of the champagne brand Veuve Clicquot
• Mercedes Erra, business executive, co-founder of the BETC advertising agency, executive president of Havas Worldwide
• Véronique Laury, CEO of the Castorama DIY chain
• Anne Lauvergeon, former CEO of the Areva energy group
• Géraldine Le Meur, innovator, business executive, co-founder of LeWeb conferences
• Laurence Parisot, former head of the MEDEF employers' union
• Marie-Hélène Peugeot-Roncoroni, member of the board of PSA Peugeot Citroën
• Dominique Reiniche, chair of Coca-Cola Europe
• Ariane de Rothschild, banker, vice president of Edmond de Rothschild Holding
• Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon, businesswoman, feminist, CEO of aufeminin
• Corinne Vigreux, business executive, co-founder and managing director of the Dutch consumer electronics company TomTom

  Germany

• Kerstin Günther, business executive, senior positions in Deutsche Telekom Group
• Susanne Klatten, influential board member and majority shareholder of the chemicals manufacturer Altana
• Aygül Özkan, politician, former minister in Lower Saxony
• Johanna Quandt, served as deputy chair of BMW
• Anni Schaad, founded the jewellery company Langani
• Madeleine Schickedanz, former billionaire shareholder in Quelle and Arcandor which declared bankruptcy in 2009
• Sybill Storz, heads the Karl Storz GmbH, a medical device company
• Sylvia Ströher, formerly headed the family's successful cosmetics business Wella, sold in 2004
• Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

  Greece

• Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, politician, businesswoman, president of the bidding committee for the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Zoe Cruz, Greek-American banking executive, former co-president of Morgan Stanley
• Angeliki Frangou, shipowner, chair and CEO of Navios Maritime Holdings
• Helen Vlachos, newspaper-publishing proprietor, anti-junta activist

  Iceland

• Aslaug Magnusdottir, business executive in the fashion industry, CEO of Moda Operandi
• Svafa Grönfeldt, former vice president of Actavis, president of Reykjavik University

  Ireland

• Elaine Coughlan, venture capitalist, co-founded of Atlantic Bridge Capital
• Eileen Gray, pioneer of modern architecture in Ireland
• Mary Guiney, former chair of the Clerys department store
• Anne Heraty, CEO of CPL Resources
• Aedhmar Hynes, business executive, member of several company boards
• Louise O'Sullivan, telecommunications executive, founder and CEO of Anam Technologies

  Israel

• Shari Arison, businesswoman, owner of Arison Investments
• Anat Cohen-Dayag, president and CEO of the biotechnology firm Compugen
• Orit Gadiesh, chair of the management consulting firm Bain & Company
• Ofra Strauss, chair of the Strauss food producing group

  Italy

• Barbara Labate, entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the comparative-pricing web company Risparmio Super

  Netherlands

• Johanna Borski, influential banker
• Annette Nijs, politician, former minister, China expert received China Government Friendship Award
• Melanie Schultz van Haegen, politician, former minister
• Johanna Elisabeth Swaving, headed the early newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant
• Marina Tognetti, Amsterdam-based business executive, launched the Myngle online learning service

  Norway

• Bettina Banoun, lawyer, board member of the shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen
• Mimi Berdal, lawyer, business executive, chair or board member of several companies including Itera, Synnøve Finden and Q-Free
• Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, politician, business executive, chair of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, board member of several companies including Aker Seafoods
• Ingeborg Moen Borgerud, lawyer, former politician and business executive with board positions in several companies
• Gro Brækken, has held executive positions in several companies, since 2010 director of the Norwegian Oil Industry Association
• Kari Gjesteby, politician, businesswoman, has held several ministerial posts and has been a director of the Bank of Norway and the National Library of Norway
• Elisabeth Grieg, business executive, part owner of the Grieg Group, also holds several board positions
• Annette Malm Justad, businessperson, board member of several companies including Petroleum Geo-Services and Camillo Eitzen & Co
• Wenche Kjølås, businessperson, executive positions, including in companies belonging to the Grieg Group
• Catharina Lysholm, ship-owner, managed Fru Agentinde Lysholm & Co
• Åse Aulie Michelet, businessperson, pharmacist, CEO of Marine Harvest
• Gro Møllerstad, businessperson, politician
• Wenche Nistad, businessperson, civil servant, has been director of Den norske Bank
• Anette S. Olsen, businessperson, owner and head of the Fred. Olsen shipping company
• Margareth Øvrum, civil engineer, businessperson, executive vice president at Statoil
• Hanne Refsholt, agronomist, businessperson, CEO of the dairy cooperative Tine
• Karin Refsnes, civil servant, businessperson
• Marit Reutz, businessperson, former chair of the National Library of Norway
• Berit Svendsen, engineer, businessperson, vice president of the Telenor Group, head of Telenor Norway
• Karen Toller, early shipowner
• Aud Marit Wiig, diplomat, businessperson, ambassador to Pakistan

  Poland

• Barbara Hulanicki, fashion designer, founder of the London store Biba
• Alicja Kornasiewicz, politician, businessperson, former government minister
• Helena Rubinstein, Polish American business magnate

  Portugal

• Antonia Ferreira, early businesswoman associated with port wine
• Gracia Mendes Nasi, Renaissance business figure with her business partner Joseph Nasi

  Romania

• Maria Antonescu, philanthropist, wife of Prime Minister Ion Antonescu
• Mariana Gheorghe, general manager of the oil company Petrom
• Monica Iacob Ridzi, politician, member of the European Parliament
• Sorina-Luminița Plăcintă, politician, former minister
• Carmen Radu, former President and CEO of Exim Bank
• Irina Schrotter, fashion designer, businessperson
• Ileana Sonnabend, art dealer, ran the Sonnabend Gallery in New York City

  Russia

• Yelena Baturina, businessperson, former mayor of Moscow, founded the investment and construction company Inteco
• Natalya Kaspersky, former chair of the antivirus company Kaspersky Lab
• Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Russian-born Swiss chair of the Louis Dreyfus conglomerate

  Serbia

• Madlena Zepter, founder and owner of the Madlenianum Opera and Theatre

  Spain

• Esther Koplowitz, Marquise of Cubas, businessperson, vice president of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas
• Ana Maiques, entrepreneur, CEO of Neuroelectrics

  Sweden

• Gunilla Asker, CEO of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet
• Maria Borelius, former minister, business executive
• Anna Bråkenhielm, business leader active in television and the media
• Mia Brunell, CEO of the Axel Johnson investment company
• Stina Ehrensvärd, Swedish-American entrepreneur, CEO of Yubico, co-inventor of the YubiKey
• Marie Ehrling, business executive, chair of TeliaSonera
• Annika Falkengren, president and CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
• Karin Forseke, former CEO of Carnegie Investment Bank
• Sofia Gumaelius, early businesswoman, founder of the Gumaelius advertising agency
• Hanna Hammarström, inventor, industrialist, manufactured telephone wires
• Helena Helmersson, senior manager at the H&M retail clothing company
• , chair of Axel Johnson
• Bonnie Roupé, founder of the Chinese health company Bonzun
• Cecilia Stegö Chilò, politician, businessperson
• Azita Shariati, heads the Swedish branch of the catering and services multinational Sodexo
• Wilhelmina Skogh, hotel manager and owner
• Cristina Stenbeck, chair and main owner of Investment AB Kinnevik
• Charlotte Strömberg, former CEO of the JLL real estate company
• Louise Wachtmeister, entrepreneur, athlete, political activist

  Switzerland

• Ruth Guler, hotel owner
• Nayla Hayek, business executive, chair of the Swatch Group
• Dominique Lévy, art dealer, owner of the Dominique Lévy Gallery
• Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, businesswoman, chair of Louis Dreyfus Group
• Vera Michalski, president of several publishing houses

  Turkey

• Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, chair of Akbank, board member of Sabancı Holding
• Canan Ediboglu, chair of Shell Oil, Turkey
• Nejla Güvenç, fashion designer, founder of the NEJ brand
• Matild Manukyan, real estate investor
• Güler Sabancı, chair of Sabancı Holding
• Sevgi Sabancı, businessperson with interests in several companies
• Serpil Timuray, CEO of Vodafone Turkey
• Arzuhan Yalçındağ, chair of Doğan Holding

  United Kingdom

• Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government
• Liliane Landor, Lebanese born journalist and broadcasting executive

  North America

Bahamas

• Betsy Boze, business executive, past president of the College of The Bahamas

  Canada

• Alison Redford, 14th Premier of Alberta
• Catherine Callbeck, 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island, first female provincial premier to win a general election\
• Christy Clark, 35th Premier of British Columbia
• Eva Aariak, 2nd Premier of Nunavut, represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
• Kathleen Wynne, 25th Premier of Ontario
• Kathy Dunderdale, 10th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada, chairperson for Canada's Supreme Court Advisory Board
• Lois Mitchell, businesswoman and philanthropist, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
• Nellie Cournoyea, 6th Premier of the Northwest Territories, first female Premier of a Canadian territory, Norwegian and Inupiaq heritage
• Pat Duncan, 6th Premier of the Yukon, first female Premier of the Yukon
• Pauline Marois, 30th Premier of Quebec
• Rachel Notley, 17th Premier of Alberta
• Rita Johnston, politician in British Columbia, first female Premier in Canada, 29th Premier of British Columbia
• Sonja Bata, Swiss-born business woman, founder and chair of the world's largest shoe museum

  El Salvador

• María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, lawyer, business executive, former foreign minister

  Mexico

• María Asunción Aramburuzabala, business executive, chair of Tresalia Capital
• Angélica Fuentes, business executive, founder of the cosmetics brand Angelíssima, executive and shareholder of Omnilife-Angelissima-Chivas
• Bertha González Nieves, businesswoman, co-founder and CEO of the Casa Dragones tequila company
• Eva Gonda de Rivera, owns a major stake in the FEMSA beverage company

  Puerto Rico

• María Luisa Arcelay, educator, businesswoman, politician
• Camalia Valdés, president and CEO of the brewery Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico

  United States

• Jewel Freeman Graham, educator, social worker, second black woman to head the YWCA

  South America

Argentina

• Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich, Argentine senator

  Brazil

• Samantha Aquim, founder of Q-Zero Chocolate
• Vera Cordeiro, founder of Brazil Child Health
• Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti, co-owner of the Votorantim Group
• Eliana Tranchesi, entrepreneur, owner of the Daslu fashion house
• Luiza Helena Trajano, entrepreneur, chairwoman of the Magazine Luiza retail company

  Chile

• Ingrid Antonijevic, entrepreneur, business executive, politician

  Peru

• Keiko Fujimori, politician, former First Lady
• Lourdes Mendoza, businessperson, politician

  Uruguay

• Laetitia d'Arenberg, business executive, owner of several companies

  Venezuela

• Laetitia d'Arenberg, business executive, luxury fashion entrepreneur
• Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, founder and CEO of Strategic Investment Group