List of women in leadership

Kenya

• Vivienne Yeda Apopo, banker, director general of the East African Development Bank
• Gina Din (born 1961), businesswoman working in strategic communication and public relations
• Tabitha Karanja (born 1964), entrepreneur, CEO of Keroche Breweries
• Stella Kilonzo (born 1975), former CEO of Capital Markets Authority (Kenya), manager at the African Development Bank

Morocco

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

Namibia

• Clara Bohitile (born 1955), politician, businesswoman, chair of the Meat Corporation of Namibia
• Monica Nashandi (born 1959), former diplomat and politician, former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi (born 1958), former government minister, former managing director of the Namdeb mining joint venture

Nigeria

• Olajumoke Adenowo (born 1968), architect, businesswoman, head of the oil and gas firm Advantage Energy, founder of AD Consulting
• Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951), business tycoon in the fashion, oil and printing industries
• Folake Coker (born 1974), fashion designer, founder of Tiffany Amber
• Uche Eze (born 1983), social media expert, entrepreneur, founder of the BellaNaija online magazine
• Kehinde Kamson (born 1961), entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the fast food company Sweet Sensation Confectionery
• Abibatu Mogaji (1917–2013), business magnate, President-General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men
• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (born 1975), social entrepreneur, co-founder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, founder of LEAD Africa, a non-profit enterprise encouraging business leadership and development
• Bola Shagaya (born 1959), 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 (born mid-1990s), entrepreneur, co-founded Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship in 2011

Uganda

• Barbara Birungi, technologist, founder of HiveColab
• Amina Moghe Hersi (born 1963), business executive in Kampala
• Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa, managing director and chair of Finance Trust Bank

Afghanistan

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

Australia

• Rosie Batty (born 1962), Australian of the Year (2015)
• Julie Bishop (born 1956), foreign minister since 2013
• Jillian Broadbent (born 1948), 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 (born 1942), Governor-General of Australia (2008–2014)
• Ita Buttrose (born 1942), journalist, businesswoman, former editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, President of Alzheimers Australia
• Kate Carnell (born 1955), 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^[1]
• Julia Gillard (born 1961), prime minister (2010–2013)
• Carolyn Hewson, prominent businesswoman^[2]
• Cindy Hook, CEO, Deloitte Australia^[3]
• Joan Kirner (1938–2015), politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria
• Catherine Livingstone (born 1955), chair of the Business Council of Australia (2014)
• Tanya Plibersek (born 1969), Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the Australian Labor Party
• Heather Ridout (born 1954), businesswoman, chair of Australian Super, board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia
• Gina Rinehart (born 1954), mining magnate, chair of Hancock Prospecting
• Gillian Triggs (born 1945), President, Australian Human Rights Commission
• Alison Watkins, CEO, Coca-Cola Amatil Australia^[4]
• Jennifer Westacott, CEO, Business Council of Australia^[5]

China

• Margaret Chan (born 1947), Chinese (Hong Kong) 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 (born 1958), former lawyer, businesswoman
• Liu Chaoying (born 1950s), 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 (1900–1983), entertainment entrepreneur, general manager of Shanghai BaiLeMen
• Wu Ying (born 1981), former entrepreneur, convicted of fraud
• Yang Huiyan (born 1981), majority shareholder of the Country Garden Holdings property group
• Yang Lan (born 1986), co-founder and chair of Sun Media Group
• Peggy Yu (born 1965), co-founder of Dangdang, an online retailer
• Zhang Xin (born 1965), business executive, co-founder and CEO of the real estate developer SOHO China
• Zhang Yin (born 1957), founder and director of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited
• Kelly Zong (born 1982), executive and purchasing manager of the Hangzhou Wahaha beverage group

Hong Kong

• Sally Aw (born 1926), newspaper owner until 1959
• Flora Cheong-Leen (born 1959), business executive in fashion
• Pollyanna Chu, executive with interests in finance and real estate
• Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn (born 1940), business executive, former politician, held senior positions until 1995
• Kwong Siu-hing (born 1929), controlling interests in Sun Hung Kai Properties
• Michelle Sun, entrepreneur, founded First Code Academy in 2013
• Yvonne Lui (born 1977), business executive, board member of several companies
• Annie Wu, businesswoman, founder of Beijing Air Catering, involved in other catering joint ventures

India

• Anuradha Acharya (born 1972), entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Ocimum Bio Solutions
• Vinita Bali (born 1955), CEO of the food products corporation Britannia Industries
• Avani Davda (born c.1980), CEO of the joint venture between Starbucks and Tata Global Beverage
• Bala Deshpande, senior managing director of the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (India)
• Nisa Godrej, executive director of Godrej Consumer Products
• Shyamala Gopinath (born 1949), former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, chair of HDFC Bank
• Zeba Kohli (born 1966), entrepreneur with interests in chocolate and confectionery
• Vandana Luthra (born 1959), entrepreneur, founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), chair and CEO of Biocon
• Megha Mittal (born 1976), chair and CEO of the German fashion firm Escada
• Sumati Morarjee (1907–1998), headed the Scindia Steam Navigation Company
• Leena Nair (born 1969), executive director, HR, Hindustan Unilever
• Naveen Saini (born 1958), business executive, former CEO of ICICI Prudential, CEO of Oral Developers bank
• Priya Paul (born 1967), Chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels (born 1967), chair of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
• Chitra Ramkrishna (born 1963), managing director and CEO, National Stock Exchange of India
• Kirthiga Reddy (born c.1972), businesswomen, director of sales at Facebook India
• Nicole Rodrigues-Larsen (born 1973), 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 (born 1981), founder and CEO of Vu Technologies
• Ameera Shah (born 1979), CEO and Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare
• Shikha Sharma (born 1958), managing director and CEO of Axis Bank
• Snehlata Shrivastava (born 1957), government administrator, business executive, board member of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
• Mallika Srinivasan (born 1959), chair and CEO of the TAFE farm equipment company
• Mercy Williams (c.1947–2014), first woman to be mayor of Kochi

Indonesia

• Karen Agustiawan (born 1958), former managing director and CEO of the Pertamina oil and gas concern
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947), politician, President of Indonesia (2001–2004).
• Mooryati Soedibyo (born 1928), politician, entrepreneur, founder and owner of Mustika Ratu cosmetics.
• Sri Mulyani Indrawati (born 1962), former Managing Director of the World Bank Group, Minister of Finance of Indonesia.
• Susi Pudjiastuti (born 1965), owner of Susi Air and PT ASI Pudjiastuti Marine Product, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia.
• Tri Rismaharini (born 1961), politician, Mayor of Surabaya.

Israel

• Orit Adato (born 1955), first woman to achieve a three-star rank in Israel

Japan

• Tatsuuma Kiyo (1809–1900), leading role at the Hakushika sake brewing company
• Sadako Ogata (born 1927), international politics leader, widely known as the UNHCR (1990-2000)
• Fumiko Hayashi (born 1946), businessperson and politician, former president of BMW Tokyo, CEO of Daiei Inc., and Mayor of Yokohama

Malaysia

• Yvonne Chia (born c.1953), business executive, former CEO of Hong Leong Bank, currently CEO of Shell Refining, Malaysia

New Zealand

• Jacinda Ardern (born 1980), 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 (born 1943), business woman, arts patron, chair of the Holdsworth Group with interests in farming, property, investment and manufacturing
• Pauline Kumeroa Kingi (born 1951), Māori community leader
• Rosanne Meo, board member of several companies including television energy and financial interests
• Annette Presley (born 1964), telecommunications entrepreneur, co-founder of Slingshot
• Nicky Wagner (born 1953), 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 (born 1946), former member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, former director of WPK Light Industry Department

Pakistan

• Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan (1924–2015), businessperson, politician, chair of the textile conglomerate Saif Group
• Fahmida Mirza (born 1956), 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 (born c.1959), general manager of Northern Area Projects for the Saudi Aramco oil and gas company
• Lubna Olayan (born 1955), influential businessperson, CEO of the Olayan Financing Company
• Ameera al-Taweel (born 1983), 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 (c.1754–c.1852), merchant, philanthropist
• Loke Cheng Kim (1895–1981), Malaysian-born businessperson, owner of the Ocean Park Hotel
• Olivia Lum, founder and president of the Hyflux Group
• Saw Phaik Hwa (born 1957), former president and CEO of SMRT Corporation

South Korea

• Kim Sung-joo (born 1956), 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 (born 1950), 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 (born 1949), 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

Armenia

• Matild Manukyan (1914–2001), leading property investor in Istanbul

Austria

• Evelyn Lauder (1936–2011), Austrian American business executive, vice president of Estée Lauder Companies
• Nadja Swarovski (born 1970), board member of the Swarovski crystal company

Belgium

• Clara de Hirsch (1833–1899), businesswoman, philanthropist
• Marie-Thérèse Rossel (1910–1987), 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 (born 1941), co-owner of the German Schaeffler Group manufacturer of rolling bearings

Denmark

• Birgit Aagard-Svendsen (born 1956), executive vice president and CFO of the J. Lauritzen shipping company
• Stine Bosse (born 1960), business executive, positions with TrygVesta, Allianz, Aker and president of the Royal Danish Theatre
• Elsebeth Budolfsen (born 1947), pharmacist, business executive, has held senior positions in several important Danish companies
• Lene Dammand Lund (born 1963), architect, educator, rector at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
• Lene Espersen (born 1965), politician, business executive
• Julie Fagerholt (born 1968), fashion designer, founder of the luxury clothing brand Heartmade
• Mette Kynne Frandsen (born 1960), CEO and partner at Henning Larsen Architects
• Karen Hækkerup (born 1974), politician, business executive, former minister
• Vibeke Jensdatter (1638–1709), early merchant, landowner, successful in business
• Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (born 1957), owner and chair of the ECCO shoe company
• Camilla Ley Valentin (born 1973), business executive, co-founder and CCO of the queuing system Queue-it
• Dorte Mandrup (born 1961), architect, founder and owner of Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
• Tine Roed (born 1964), administrator, business executive, deputy director-general at the Confederation of Danish Industries
• Lene Tranberg (born 1956), head and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla (born 1948), business executive, chair of the A.P. Møller Foundation
• Margrethe Vestager (born 1968), Danish politician, European Commissioner for Competition
• Vibeke Windeløv (born 1950), film producer, has served on numerous corporate boards including the European Film Academy

Estonia

• Leonora Linter (born 1950), political activist, entrepreneur

Finland

• Lenita Airisto (born 1937), influential business leader, culture and TV
• Anne Brunila (born 1957), executive vice president of Fortum
• Maija-Liisa Friman (born 1952), business executive, serving on the board of several companies
• Valpuri Innamaa (died 1602), early merchant, shipowner
• Sveta Planman (born 1979), fashion designer, CEO of JOLIER
• Lisa Sounio (born 1970), fashion entrepreneur, business executive
• Jaana Tuominen (born 1960), business executive, CEO of the coffee and cocoa company Gustav Paulig

France

• Catherine Barba (born 1973), business executive active in digital retail
• Patricia Barbizet (born 1955), holds various executive positions including CEO of Christie's
• Suzanne Belperron (1900–1983), influential jewellery designer and business executive
• Liliane Bettencourt (1922–2017), prominent businesswoman, top shareholder in L'Oréal
• Anne Bouverot (born 1966), business executive, CEO of Morpho, former board member of the GSM Association
• Coco Chanel (1883–1971), founder of Chanel
• Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777–1866), owner and developer of the champagne brand Veuve Clicquot
• Mercedes Erra (born 1954), business executive, co-founder of the BETC advertising agency, executive president of Havas Worldwide
• Véronique Laury, CEO of the Castorama DIY chain
• Anne Lauvergeon (born 1959), former CEO of the Areva energy group
• Géraldine Le Meur (born 1972), innovator, business executive, co-founder of LeWeb conferences
• Laurence Parisot (born 1959), former head of the MEDEF employers' union
• Marie-Hélène Peugeot-Roncoroni (born c.1961), member of the board of PSA Peugeot Citroën
• Dominique Reiniche (born 1955), chair of Coca-Cola Europe
• Ariane de Rothschild (born 1965), banker, vice president of Edmond de Rothschild Holding
• Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon (born 1962), businesswoman, feminist, CEO of aufeminin
• Corinne Vigreux (born 1964), business executive, co-founder and managing director of the Dutch consumer electronics company TomTom

Germany

• Kerstin Günther (born 1967), business executive, senior positions in Deutsche Telekom Group
• Susanne Klatten (born 1962), influential board member and majority shareholder of the chemicals manufacturer Altana
• Aygül Özkan (born 1971), politician, former minister in Lower Saxony
• Johanna Quandt (1926–2015), served as deputy chair of BMW
• Anni Schaad (1911–1988), founded the jewellery company Langani
• Madeleine Schickedanz (born 1943), former billionaire shareholder in Quelle and Arcandor which declared bankruptcy in 2009
• Sybill Storz (born 1937), heads the Karl Storz GmbH, a medical device company
• Sylvia Ströher (born 1954), formerly headed the family's successful cosmetics business Wella, sold in 2004
• Angela Merkel (born 1954), Chancellor of Germany (2005–present)

Greece

• Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born 1955), politician, businesswoman, president of the bidding committee for the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Zoe Cruz (born 1955), Greek-American banking executive, former co-president of Morgan Stanley
• Angeliki Frangou, shipowner, chair and CEO of Navios Maritime Holdings
• Helen Vlachos (1911–1995), 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 (1878–1976), pioneer of modern architecture in Ireland
• Mary Guiney (1901–2004), former chair of the Clerys department store
• Anne Heraty (born 1961), CEO of CPL Resources
• Aedhmar Hynes (born 1966), business executive, member of several company boards
• Louise O'Sullivan (born 1973), telecommunications executive, founder and CEO of Anam Technologies

Israel

• Shari Arison (born 1957), businesswoman, owner of Arison Investments
• Anat Cohen-Dayag, president and CEO of the biotechnology firm Compugen
• Orit Gadiesh (born 1951), chair of the management consulting firm Bain & Company
• Ofra Strauss (born 1960), chair of the Strauss food producing group

Italy

• Barbara Labate (born c.1978), entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the comparative-pricing web company Risparmio Super

Netherlands

• Johanna Borski (1764–1846), influential banker
• Annette Nijs (born 1961), politician, former minister, China expert received China Government Friendship Award
• Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970), politician, former minister
• Johanna Elisabeth Swaving (1754–1826), headed the early newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant
• Marina Tognetti (born 1964), Amsterdam-based business executive, launched the Myngle online learning service

Norway

• Bettina Banoun (born 1972), lawyer, board member of the shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen
• Mimi Berdal (born 1959), lawyer, business executive, chair or board member of several companies including Itera, Synnøve Finden and Q-Free
• Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (born 1963), politician, business executive, chair of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, board member of several companies including Aker Seafoods
• Ingeborg Moen Borgerud (born 1949), lawyer, former politician and business executive with board positions in several companies
• Gro Brækken (born 1952), has held executive positions in several companies, since 2010 director of the Norwegian Oil Industry Association
• Kari Gjesteby (born 1947), 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 (born 1959), business executive, part owner of the Grieg Group, also holds several board positions
• Annette Malm Justad (born 1958), businessperson, board member of several companies including Petroleum Geo-Services and Camillo Eitzen & Co
• Wenche Kjølås (born 1962), businessperson, executive positions, including in companies belonging to the Grieg Group
• Catharina Lysholm (1744–1815), ship-owner, managed Fru Agentinde Lysholm & Co
• Åse Aulie Michelet (born 1952), businessperson, pharmacist, CEO of Marine Harvest
• Gro Møllerstad (born 1960), businessperson, politician
• Wenche Nistad (born 1952), businessperson, civil servant, has been director of Den norske Bank
• Anette S. Olsen (born 1956), businessperson, owner and head of the Fred. Olsen shipping company
• Margareth Øvrum (born 1958), civil engineer, businessperson, executive vice president at Statoil
• Hanne Refsholt (born 1960), agronomist, businessperson, CEO of the dairy cooperative Tine
• Karin Refsnes (born 1947), civil servant, businessperson
• Marit Reutz (born 1952), businessperson, former chair of the National Library of Norway
• Berit Svendsen (born 1963), engineer, businessperson, vice president of the Telenor Group, head of Telenor Norway
• Karen Toller (1662–1742), early shipowner
• Aud Marit Wiig (born 1953), diplomat, businessperson, ambassador to Pakistan

Poland

• Barbara Hulanicki (born 1936), fashion designer, founder of the London store Biba
• Alicja Kornasiewicz (born 1951), politician, businessperson, former government minister
• Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965), Polish American business magnate

Portugal

• Antonia Ferreira (1811–1896), early businesswoman associated with port wine
• Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510–1569), Renaissance business figure with her business partner Joseph Nasi

Romania

• Maria Antonescu (1892–1964), philanthropist, wife of Prime Minister Ion Antonescu
• Mariana Gheorghe (born 1956), general manager of the oil company Petrom
• Monica Iacob Ridzi (born 1977), politician, member of the European Parliament
• Sorina-Luminița Plăcintă (born 1965), politician, former minister
• Carmen Radu, former President and CEO of Exim Bank
• Irina Schrotter (born 1965), fashion designer, businessperson
• Ileana Sonnabend (1914–2007), art dealer, ran the Sonnabend Gallery in New York City

Russia

• Yelena Baturina (born 1963), businessperson, former mayor of Moscow, founded the investment and construction company Inteco
• Natalya Kaspersky (born 1966), former chair of the antivirus company Kaspersky Lab
• Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (born 1962), 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 (born 1953), businessperson, vice president of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas
• Ana Maiques (born 1973), entrepreneur, CEO of Neuroelectrics

Sweden

• Gunilla Asker (born 1962), CEO of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet
• Maria Borelius (born 1960), former minister, business executive
• Anna Bråkenhielm (born 1966), business leader active in television and the media
• Mia Brunell (born 1965), CEO of the Axel Johnson investment company
• Stina Ehrensvärd (born 1967), Swedish-American entrepreneur, CEO of Yubico, co-inventor of the YubiKey
• Marie Ehrling (born 1955), business executive, chair of TeliaSonera
• Annika Falkengren (born 1962), president and CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
• Karin Forseke (born 1955), former CEO of Carnegie Investment Bank
• Sofia Gumaelius (1840–1915), early businesswoman, founder of the Gumaelius advertising agency
• Hanna Hammarström (1829–1909), inventor, industrialist, manufactured telephone wires
• Helena Helmersson (born 1973), senior manager at the H&M retail clothing company
• Antonia Ax:son Johnson (born 1943), chair of Axel Johnson
• Bonnie Roupé (born 1976), founder of the Chinese health company Bonzun
• Cecilia Stegö Chilò (born 1959), politician, businessperson
• Azita Shariati (born 1968), heads the Swedish branch of the catering and services multinational Sodexo
• Wilhelmina Skogh (1849–1926), hotel manager and owner
• Cristina Stenbeck (born 1977), chair and main owner of Investment AB Kinnevik
• Charlotte Strömberg (born 1959), former CEO of the JLL real estate company
• Louise Wachtmeister (born 1978), entrepreneur, athlete, political activist

Switzerland

• Ruth Guler (1930–2015), hotel owner
• Nayla Hayek (born 1951), 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 (born 1954), president of several publishing houses

Turkey

• Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (born 1965), chair of Akbank, board member of Sabancı Holding
• Canan Ediboglu (born 1956), chair of Shell Oil, Turkey
• Nejla Güvenç (born 1969), fashion designer, founder of the NEJ brand
• Matild Manukyan (1914–2001), real estate investor
• Güler Sabancı (born 1955), chair of Sabancı Holding
• Sevgi Sabancı (born 1963), businessperson with interests in several companies
• Serpil Timuray, CEO of Vodafone Turkey
• Arzuhan Yalçındağ (born 1965), chair of Doğan Holding

United Kingdom

See Category:British women in business

• Melanie Dawes (born 1966), Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government
• Liliane Landor (born c.1956), Lebanese born journalist and broadcasting executive

Bahamas

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

Canada

• Alison Redford (born 1965), 14th Premier of Alberta
• Catherine Callbeck (born 1939), 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island, first female provincial premier to win a general election\
• Christy Clark (born 1965), 35th Premier of British Columbia
• Eva Aariak (born 1955), 2nd Premier of Nunavut, represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
• Kathleen Wynne (born 1953), 25th Premier of Ontario
• Kathy Dunderdale (born 1952), 10th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Kim Campbell (born 1947), 19th Prime Minister of Canada, chairperson for Canada's Supreme Court Advisory Board
• Lois Mitchell (born 1939 or 1940), businesswoman and philanthropist, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
• Nellie Cournoyea (born 1940), 6th Premier of the Northwest Territories, first female Premier of a Canadian territory, Norwegian and Inupiaq heritage
• Pat Duncan (born 1960), 6th Premier of the Yukon, first female Premier of the Yukon
• Pauline Marois (born 1949), 30th Premier of Quebec
• Rachel Notley (born 1964), 17th Premier of Alberta
• Rita Johnston (born 1935), politician in British Columbia, first female Premier in Canada, 29th Premier of British Columbia
• Sonja Bata (born 1926), Swiss-born business woman, founder and chair of the world's largest shoe museum

El Salvador

• María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (born 1956), lawyer, business executive, former foreign minister

Mexico

• María Asunción Aramburuzabala (born 1963), business executive, chair of Tresalia Capital
• Angélica Fuentes (born 1963), business executive, founder of the cosmetics brand Angelíssima, executive and shareholder of Omnilife-Angelissima-Chivas
• Bertha González Nieves (born 1970), 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 (1898–1981), educator, businesswoman, politician
• Camalia Valdés (born 1972), president and CEO of the brewery Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico

United States

See Category:American women in business, Category:American women in politics

• Jewel Freeman Graham (born 1925), educator, social worker, second black woman to head the YWCA

Argentina

• Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich (born 1956), Argentine senator

Brazil

• Samantha Aquim, founder of Q-Zero Chocolate
• Vera Cordeiro (born 1950), founder of Brazil Child Health
• Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti, co-owner of the Votorantim Group
• Eliana Tranchesi, entrepreneur, owner of the Daslu fashion house

Chile

• Ingrid Antonijevic (born 1952), entrepreneur, business executive, politician

Peru

• Keiko Fujimori (born 1975), politician, former First Lady
• Lourdes Mendoza (born 1958), businessperson, politician

Uruguay

• Laetitia d'Arenberg (born 1941), business executive, owner of several companies

Venezuela

• Laetitia d'Arenberg, business executive, luxury fashion entrepreneur
• Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg (born 1945), founder and CEO of Strategic Investment Group