By: Claire Diaz-Ortiz
(assistance by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino for BestEverYou.com)
It’s been a bad month for women in business.
First, WeWork filed for its IPO with a board of directors made up entirely of men (I call this a “moard”). Then, depressing research from Harvard Business Review came out showing that #metoo has created a backlash of exclusionary practices in the workplace that have made some things worse for women. Finally, Forbes, in efforts to win the dumpster fire wars, released a report of 100 innovators, featuring only 1 woman on the whole list. (Another white guy at Forbes has since issued an exceedingly boring non-apology.)
In honor of all this bad news, I put my feet up, grabbed one or four cups of coffee, and came up with my own list.
To be clear (as Forbes was not), here was my methodology:
Drink Coffee
Think of Cool Women I Admire in Random Industries
Drink More Coffee
Thanks to Aria Finger, Katie Stanton, and Arlan Hamilton for taking on their own suggested lists. I have included them all, as perhaps they humbly felt one cannot nominate oneself on one’s own entirely subjective list (I disagree; they are too awesome). Additionally, thanks to Kimberly Bryant for leading the charge on the need for objective data points and non-subjective lists as a counterbalance to Forbes’ hot mess express. 100% agreed, but this is not that. (See “four cups of coffee”.)
Here we go! The 300 or so Phenomenal Innovative Females Forbes Forgot
(By the way, this list is not numbered in order of importance. It is numbered for organizational purposes. We're addng to it as you comment with more important women to add.)
2. Jen Rubio
3. Ellen Mcilroy
4. Indra Nooyi
5. Oprah Winfrey
6. Jessica Alba
7. Sutian Dong
8. Cindy Mi
9. Lisa Wang
10. Tatiana Simonian
11. Chanel Miller
12. Eileen Lee
13. Kirstine Stewart
14. Christie George
15. Erica Anderson
16. Kimberly Bryant
17. Jennifer Gunter
18. Laura Gomez
19. Arianna Huffington
20. Christie Pitts
21. Ellen Pao
22. Marta Cruz
23. Susana Garcia Robles
24. Natalia Oberti Noguera
25. Maria Velissaris
26. Aria Finger
27. Elaine Filadelfo
28. Cristina Palmaka
29. Graciela Kumruian
30. Iana Chan
31. Arlan Hamilton
32. Sanyin Siang
33. Angela Duckworth
34. Ayse Birsel
35. Lisa Sharon Harper
36. Serena Williams
37. Nicki Goulimis
38. Jasmine Crowe
39. Paula Bellizia
40. Shan Lyn-ma
41. Lisa Skeete Tatum
42. Rita Narayan
43. Arum Kang
44. Reshma Saujani
45. Marah Lidey
46. Monica Herrero
47. Julia Collins
48. Gina Gotthilf
49. Paula Paschoal
50. Sheila Gujrathi
51. Michelle Cordeiro Grant
52. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
53. Morgan DeBaun
54. Afton Vechery
55. Jessica Mah
56. Tracy Chou
57. Y-Vonne Hutchinson
58. Ursula Burns
59. Anne-Marie Campbell
60. Barbara Whye
61. Susan Reid
62. Erica Joy Baker
63. Madeleine Clavijo Verjel
64. Marta Forero
65. Maite Muniz Telleria
66. Whitney Johnson
67. Alisa Cohn
68. Sara Blakely
69. Reese Witherspoon
70. Kirsten Powers
71. Therese Tucker
72. Laurene Powell Jobs
73. Maren Brannon
74. Sophia Bendz
75. Sara Mauskopf
76. Keely Stevenson
77. Katie Stanton
78. Michelle Obama
79. Emily Weiss
80. Dorie Clark
81. Jesse Draper
82. Brianne Kimmel
83. Kara Swisher
84. Molly Tschang
85. Susan Fowler
86. Halle Tecco
87. Jenny Abramson
88. April Underwood
89. Jen Hatmaker
90. Glennon Doyle
91. Anne Wojcicki
93. Heidi Zak
94. Nora Khaldi
95. Yeva Hyusyan
96. Steph Corey
97. Anne Boden
98. Freada Kapor Klein
99. Maria Paz Gillet
100. Rosalind Brewer
101. Tiffany Dufu
102. Mellody Hobson
103. Kike Oniwinde
104. Davinia Tomlinson
105. Emma Sinclair
106. Chrissy Teigen
107. Ritu Karidhal (Rita, Nandini and Anuradha are freakin' ORBITING MARS so WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR ONE LADY LIFE?!)
Nandini Harinath
Anuradha TK
108. Velma Foster
109. Sarah Robb O'Hagan
110. Julia Beardwood
111. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
112. Anna Auerbach
113. Annie Dean
114. Edy Greenblatt
115. Dr. CJ Meadows
116. Cindy Gallop
117. Nancy McKinstry
118. Sharon Price John
119. Deborah Cafaro
120. Sheri Salata
121. Jennifer Vaughn
122. Ellen Kullman
123. Beth Comstock
124. Vicki Knott
125. Beatriz Molero Sanchez
126. Dr. Nakeema Stefflbauer
127. Alexie Harper
128. Kate McCue
129. Wendy Williams
130. Wendi Carpenter
131. Kara Goldin
132. Elena Lavezzi
133. Nikole Hannah-Jones
134. Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
135. Sallie Krawcheck
136. Beth Comstock
137. Tina Sharkey
138. Marie Forleo
139. Kim Ludeman
140. Peggy Cherng
141. Diane Sontum
142. Adriana Gascoigne
143. Amy C. Edmondson
144. Frances Frei
145. Charlene Li.
146. Tayie Selasi
147. Fiona Macaulay
148. Pearl Collings
149. Fiona
150. Jayshree Seth
151. Elvina Beck
152. Lisa Marrone
153. Alyssa Ravasio
154. Michele Romanow
155. Katie Porter
156. Bethenny Frankel
157. Kat Cole
158. Deanna Zandt
159. Lianne Mandelbaum
160. Catherine Bowes
161. Nicole Sahin
162. Deidre Paknad
163. Debbie McGrath
164. Stephanie Buscemi
165. Sharon Vosmek
166. Surbhi Sarna
167. Rosa Beth Moss Kanter
168. Brene Brown
169. Tasha Eurich
170. Tashiko Akiyoshi
171. Cy Wakeman
172. Hilarie Koplow-McAdams
173. Sarah Braud
174. Monica Smiley
175. Kristi S. Moore
176. Inez elliot
177. Taylor Goodell
178. Carrie Peele
179. Viviana Valverde
180. Susan Diamond
181. Lynn Whitesell
182. Greg Renfrew
183. Emma Isaacs
184. Priyanka Chopra
185. Vicki Saunders
186. Michelle Liddle
187. Andrea Santos
188. Nancy Fletcher
189. Robin Koval
190. Biola Alabi
191. Kathleen Cooney Clarke
192. Alexandra Waldman
193. Polina Veksler
194. Anastasia Manivanh
195. Melanie Perkins
196. Jodi Scott
197. Jen Scott
198. Daina Taimina
199. Julie Haddon
200. Elizabeth Scharpf
201. Madonna Badger
202. Anousheh Ansari
203. Pardis Sabeti (she fixed Ebola SO WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?!)
204. Parisa Tabriz
205. Avid Larizadeh Duggan
206. Soraya Darabi
207. Roxane Varza
208. Anjel Noorbakhsh
209. Claudia Olsson
210. Jenny Galluzzo
211. Gina Hadley
212. Dr. Indira Hinduja (an doctor who pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer technique (GIFT) resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988! ps I love my ivf twins!)
213. Anna Sofat
214. Jayshree Seth
215. Dr. Patti Fletcher (who never misses an opportunity to promote other female disrupters)
216. Heather Boggini
217. Lisa Ling
218. Wendy Lea
219. Lisa Reeves
220. Jaime Israni
221. Leyla Acaroglu UN Champion of the Earth 2016
222. Inês Costa
223. Isabel Capeloa Gil
224. Kristina Tsvetanova
225. Alison Hoover
226. Holly McKenzie
227. Jeanne Lambkin
228. Jennifer Lassiter
229. Bijal Rock (Patel)
230. Jennifer Freeland 🔥
231. Carla Hayden
232. Marin Alsop
233. Emilie Aries
234. Deirdre Quinn
235. Simone Giertz
236. Chimamanda Ngozi
238. Jacinda Arden
239. Dr. Yasmin Weiß
240. Julia Thorpe
241. Adeline Ledford
242. Jody Levy
243. Rhonda Kallman
244. Kim Jordan
245. Meg Gill
246. T Robinson
247. Jennie Ripps & Maria Littlefield
248. Jamie Hoffman
249. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
250. Lynn Jurich
251. Victoria Ransom
252. Abby Falik
253. Christia’n Annice
254. Wendy M. Pfeiffer
255. Meiko Takayama
256. Kaitlyn Pascale
257. Erie Meyer
258. Cassie Kozyrkov
259. Dr. Dambisa Moyo
260. Emma Watson
261. Shonda Rhimes
262. Lori Goldstein
263. Liz Falkner
264. Danielle Weisberg
265. Carly Zakin
266. Arlene Dickenson
267. Gisel Ruiz
268. Shauna Niequist
269. Ally Fallon (don't get me started)
270. Mari Smith
271. Marlo Thomas
272. Rebecca Kantor
273. Carolyn Hamilton
274. Maria Shriver
275. Gayle King
276. Brianna Brown-Keen
277. Betty White
278. Cindi Mi
279. Lynne Doughtie
280. Temple Grandin
281. Erin Brokovich
And, the list would not be complete without an honorable mention for Barbara Rentler, the one woman who DID make the Forbes list. She leads Ross Stores, where I buy discounted socks.
Who did I forget? Please comment below and we'll keep growing this list!
About Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Claire Diaz-Ortiz (@claire) is an author, speaker, innovation advisor and angel investor who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford and has been featured widely in print and broadcast media. She is the award-winning author of eight books that have been published in more than a dozen countries.
Visit: clairediazortiz.com
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino @BestEverYou
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is the Chief Executive Officer of Compliance4, CEO/Founder of Best Ever You and an author with Hay House/Penguin Random House of the best-selling book: PERCOLATE - Let Your Best Self Filter Through. Elizabeth ranks consistently as one of the Top 40 social media CEOs on Twitter. Elizabeth and her husband Peter R. Guarino, Esq,. live in Maine with their four sons.
A very special thank you to Claire Diaz-Ortiz for not only naming me and so many others to her amazing list, but for also being so kind for giving me the nod and help to post this on the website. Claire, we all know you're at the top of the list! Your love and support for all of us and those added shows! We're all grateful!
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