The Forbes 2025 ranking of the richest self-made women billionaires on the planet — China and U.S. dominate, as tech fuels fortunes.
ByGrace Chung
ByGrace Chung,
Forbes Staff.
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’s never been a better time for women entrepreneurs – at least by the numbers. There are now an estimated 658 million female founders and company owners worldwide, compared to 772 million men, per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Nearly two-thirds are early stage entrepreneurs, compared to less than half of their male counterparts.
These 8 entrepreneurs and entertainers, including Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, are settling records and forging new paths–early…
While women founder-CEOs are notably absent, there are more founder-led companies on the index today than five years ago.
Today’s Forbes Daily covers the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, silver outperforms gold, Sergey Brin overtakes Jeff Bezos, the…
The collective net worth of tycoons on the 2025 Forbes list of China’s 100 Richest rose US$320 billion to $1.35 trillion, from…
Welcome to this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs,…
Women now start nearly half of all new U.S. businesses. Here’s what’s driving the record rise in female entrepreneurship.
