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WomenJun 21, 2026

Vodafone's Margherita Della Valle on the Future of Europe's Digital Economy

She was employee number 25 at Italy's first mobile challenger. Thirty years later, she runs one of the world's largest telecoms companies, has sold Vodafone's Italian and Spanish businesses for over €13 billion, merged the UK operation to create Britain's largest mobile network, and is now telling Europe's governments that speed is the only thing standing between the continent's digital future and irrelevance.

WomenJun 21, 2026

The CEO Who Runs a Company Bigger Than Most Countries' GDP: The Impossible Job of Mary Barra

GM posted $43.6 billion in revenue in Q1 2026, beating Wall Street expectations. Mary Barra has absorbed a $6 billion EV writedown, restructured GM's China operations, offset 30% of Trump's tariff impact through "no-regret moves," and is now publicly warning that Chinese EVs entering Canada represent a "slippery slope" for North American manufacturing. She has been doing this since 2014.

WomenJun 20, 2026

The $15 Trillion Blind Spot: Why the Women Who Buy Everything Trust Ads the Least

Women drive 80% of household purchases and control $15 trillion in spending power. Yet as they age, advertising feels less relevant — nearly 75% have avoided a brand because its ads ignored them. The marketing industry is bleeding its biggest customers.,

WomenJun 20, 2026

The New Female Sports Moguls: How Women Are Quietly Taking Over the Business of Sport

Gayle Benson owns the only NFL-NBA franchise combination held by any woman on earth — $8.35 billion in combined team value. Willow Bay chairs the board of Angel City FC, the world's most valuable women's sports team. Serena Williams owns stakes in two professional sports franchises. The new female sports moguls are not asking for a seat at the table. They are buying the building.

WomenJun 20, 2026

The New Power Brokers: Why Women Are Quietly Taking Control of Global Financial Infrastructure

The most powerful woman in American finance oversees $7 trillion. The head of the global body that governs every major stock exchange and clearing house on earth is a woman. The CEO who invented the world's first green bond exchange platform is a woman. The first woman to lead a major Wall Street bank just posted 90% stock growth. The financial system's most consequential power — the plumbing that moves capital across the world — has already changed hands. Nobody announced it.

WomenJun 20, 2026

From Telecom Boardrooms to the NRL: The Unusual Rise of Lorna McPherson, CEO of the PNG Chiefs

She spent 16 years in Papua New Guinea's telecommunications sector turning a corporate card into a nation-building strategy. Now Lorna McPherson is the inaugural CEO of the PNG Chiefs — and what she is building in Port Moresby is not just an NRL football club. It is a national symbol that a country has been waiting decades to see.

WomenJun 20, 2026

Why Women Now Lead a Record Number of Fortune 500 Companies — and Why 11% Is Not Enough

55 women. 72 years. 11%. For the first time in the Fortune 500's history, women lead more than one in ten of America's largest companies — and the record arrived in the same year that Oracle, Fannie Mae, and Hershey all lost their women CEOs within weeks of each other. That tension is the entire story.

WomenJun 19, 2026

Roshni Nadar Malhotra: The $45 Billion Chairperson Reshaping HCLTech for the AI Era

In March 2025, Shiv Nadar transferred 47% of his stake in HCL Corporation to his daughter, placing control of a $55 billion empire in her hands. A year later, Roshni Nadar Malhotra is not just India's richest CEO—she is the third-wealthiest individual in the country. The era of quiet succession is over. The era of influence is just beginning.

WomenJun 19, 2026

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet's Warning: AI Skills or No Promotion—What It Means for Women

"If you want to get promoted, you've got to do the things that we do to operate Accenture," Julie Sweet says. Her message is unequivocal: AI fluency is no longer optional for career advancement. But for women, who often have less access to technical training and face systemic barriers to leadership, the mandate raises a critical question: Is this a lever for equality or another hurdle in a system that isn't built for them?

WomenJun 19, 2026

Delhi's First All-Women Police Station: A Long-Overdue Step for Women's Safety

Delhi has ranked first in crimes against women for years but lacked even one women's police station. That changed on June 19, 2026, when the capital inaugurated its first all-women police station. The question now is whether this long-overdue step can transform how the city's women access justice.