In the last few days, I’ve been reading about some powerful businesswomen and the stories of their success.
First, I read a somewhat long but rather intriguing biography of Yahoo! boss Marissa Mayer.
Like many, I also wrote off Yahoo! in my mind as one of the has-beens, destined to the scrap heap of Internet history along with other former giants like Altavista of Lycos. But, it appears, Ms. Mayer may be able to turn Yahoo! around, defying the odds. I hope she is successful.
Then on Sunday, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria interviewed Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, a company with an innovative line of female undergarments.
Ms. Blakey is described as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. Hers is the story of a door-to-door fax machine salesman turned entrepreneur who just never took no for an answer. Yet she seemed genuinely down-to-Earth, humble even, when she was interviewed.
The glass ceiling may not be a thing of the past just yet, but these ladies are certainly hastening its demise.