As practice shows, not only men, but also women can achieve success in business. Among them are not only millionaires, but also billionaires.
Elena Baturina
She was the owner of the largest investment and construction corporation Inteko. She owned a stake in Gazprom and Sberbank.
In 2011, Baturina sold the construction business and moved to foreign countries. After leaving the county, her assets began to include:
- hotel chains;
- renewable energy project;
- membrane construction;
- firms that buy real estate for its further modernization and sale.
Also, the businesswoman invests in the construction of residential and commercial space in the States and Europe.
In the list of 200 richest people in Russia, Baturina occupies 79th position. She is also 55th among female billionaires who have amassed capital on their own. Her fortune is estimated at $ 1.2 billion.
Sheryl Sandberg
Entrepreneur, social activist, writer, born in 1969. In 1987, the girl entered Harvard and graduated with honors a few years later. There she even received the John Williams Award for Best Student in Economics. In 1993, Cheryl returned to her home university to study at a business school. There she was awarded the title of the best student, received a scholarship. After graduation, she was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree.
In 1995-1996. Sandberg worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. She resigned to work at the Treasury. There, she assisted her former supervisor, Lawrence Summers (at the time he became Deputy Treasury Secretary). Her responsibilities included debt relief in developing countries during the economic crisis in Asia, personnel issues.
In 2000, Cheryl was offered the position of Vice President of Global Sales and Internet Operations. Her responsibilities included questions on the sale of products online, the sale of goods in the "Google Book Search".
In 2007, the woman met Mark Zuckerberg. He, without hesitation, offered her the position of COO on Facebook. Before Cheryl came, the founders of the social network only thought about how to attract more people. Sandberg was the first to start looking for solutions to how to make money on it. Already 2 months later, in her new position, Cheryl introduced contextual advertising. The user himself decided which goods to view information about. only previously entered search queries were displayed on banners. If you didn't want to watch ads, you could turn it off.
It started to generate income, but not immediately. She managed to make money on Facebook only in 2010. Sherrill Sandberg began to be responsible for all operations in the corporation: sales, marketing, HR, etc. This is how the entrepreneur's career took off.
Since the businesswoman made a huge contribution to the development of the company, Zuckerberg included her in the directorship (she was the first woman to achieve this). In 2014, Sherrill sold most of her shares, leaving 0.5% of the total. Their cost is estimated at about $ 1 billion.
In parallel with her Facebook activities, Sandberg became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company, joined the board of directors of Starbucks. Her annual income was $ 280,000.
The entrepreneur is also a member of the board of such companies:
- "V-Day";
- Brookings Institution;
- "Ad Council";
- Women for Women International.
News broke in the media that Uber wanted to offer Sandberg the CEO position.
Liliane Bettencourt
Entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-owner of the L'Oreal brand. Her father, at the time of the birth of the child, already had a business in the production of cosmetics. Lillian joined him in the role of a student. She participated in research and development of new products.
In 1956, his father died of a serious illness. The reins of government passed to the daughter. Lillian's husband sat down in the chair of L'Oreal's deputy chairman of the board.
In 1974 g.it was decided to exchange part of the family business shares for the assets of the Nestle company. However, more than half of the package remained with the Bettencourts. After some time, Loreal and Nestlé corporations created the GESPARAL holding. The family of businessmen had 51% of the shares.
