Tycoona — Profiles of Powerful Women Throughout History

19th Century & Earlier

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Hetty Green

1834-1916

Wall Street's Richest Woman & Value Investor

Madam C. J. Walker by Addison N. Scurlock

First Female Self-Made Millionaire

Mid-20th Century

Mary Wells Lawrence at her desk at Wells Rich Greene in 1969

Adversiting Exec, First Female CEO of a Public Company

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IT Pioneer Who Founded All-Female Software Firm, Led Concorde Black Box Team

Modern Era

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Lisa Su

1969 - present

AMD CEO & Semiconductor Pioneer

Time 100 Gala, 2012

Sara Blakely

1971-present

Spanx Founder, Self-Made Billionaire

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Reese Witherspoon

1976-present

Oscar-Winning Actress, Emmy-Winning Producer, Media CEO

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Mira Murati

1988-present

CTO Behind ChatGPT, DALL-E, Tesla Model X & Thinking Machines Lab Founder

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Whitney Wolfe Herd

1989-present

Youngest Woman CEO to IPO, TIME 100 Leader, Forbes 30 Under 30

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Lucy Guo

1994-present

Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire, Scale AI Cofounder

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