Wednesday, September 23, 2009

some of the Top female entrepreneurs of all time..

Take a look at some of the top female entrepreneurs of all time: These women mean business.






1) Anita Roddick (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007)

Industry: Cosmetics
Why we rate her?
Anita defined the phrase “making something out of nothing” back in her early beginnings she used the resources around her to the fullest. She recycled bottles to make her first soap products and used a felt tip pen to label them. Anita’s small cosmetic shop with a conscious soon became a successful Body shop.Anita Roddick Quote: - “Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.”


Anita Roddick Quote: - “Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.”









2) Zhang Yin (born 1957 in Shaoguan, Guangdong with family roots in Heilongjiang)


Industry: Recycling Industry
Ms Zhang is the richest self-made women in the world, She is richer than the like of J. K. Rowling and Oprah winfrey simple because of her remarkable business skills.
Ms Zhang is the founder of Nine Dragon Paper, a company that buys scrap papers from various countries, recycles theose scraps into containerboards, and then sells them to companies.


Zhang Yin Quote -"I had to learn from scratch”












3) Madam C.J. Walker (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919)


Industry: Hair & Cosmetics


Why we rate her?

Madam C.J. Walker was not only the first African-American female millionaire, but also the first self-made female millionaire in the American history.
Walker is an example that you can achieve anything regardless of the odds stacked against you; She made tons of money in an era where African Americans where racial discriminated against. Madam C.J Walkers
Madam

C.J. Walkers Quote: “Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come; you have to get up and make them.”


4) Oprah Winfrey (born January 29, 1954)


Industry: TV/Entertainment
Why we rate her?
Oprah Winfrey has the power to influence the mainstream consumer trends in America; if Oprah rates a book, film or any other product on her highly rated talk show, you can expect that product to rocket up in sales.

Oprah Winfreys Quote - “Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism”.









5) Mary Kay Ash (May 12, 1918 – November 22, 2001)

Industry: Cosmetics

Why we rate her?Mary Kay mastered the art of motivating her sales team; she was known to give pink Cadillac’s as an incentive to the top sales directors and diamond bees where given to her employees to remind them to strive towards becoming the best. Mary Kay also used seminars as a platform to push her sales staff to perfection by her motivational speeches.
Mary Kay Ash Quote - “We fall forward to succeed”.









6) Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949)

Industry: Magazine PublicationWhy we rate her?

Anna Wintour is known as the most powerful women in the fashion industry. She is the fashion trend dictator; the fashion world follows whatever she chooses to feature in the Vogue Magazine. Her greatest ability is to rarely express her emotions through her face, which makes her team to work harder to please her.
Anna Wintour’s Quote - “I can sit in a show and if I am bored out of my mind, nobody will notice.”
By: Larry Laban












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