For these dynamic women, growing older is about getting wiser—and bolder. Meet the inaugural class of entrepreneurs, leaders and creators who are part of an exhilarating movement redefining life’s second...
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50 Over 50 2021
For these dynamic women, growing older is about getting wiser—and bolder. Meet the inaugural class of entrepreneurs, leaders and creators who are part of an exhilarating movement redefining life’s second half and proving that success has no age limit. #ForbesOver50
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Exclusive Essay with Vice President Kamala Harris
The pandemic has prompted a surge in entrepreneurship, voluntary and involuntary. The United States’ first female, Black and Asian-American vice president shares her ideas in an exclusive essay for Forbes...
50 Over 50 Interviews
Meet our inaugural class of entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists and creators who, after the age of 50, are achieving their greatest accomplishments and making their biggest impact. Together, they embody...
The inaugural Forbes 50 Over 50 list, produced in collaboration with Mika Brzezinski and her “Know Your Value” initiative, shines a spotlight on women who started businesses or supercharged their careers...
Shonda Rhimes spent the first 12 years of her TV career contributing to Disney’s empire. Now she’s building her own. Last Christmas, as millions of people were watching Bridgerton for the first time, Rhimes...
Which women on our 50 Over 50 list are making their mark in the worlds of beauty and fashion? Read on to find out. At 52, Dunaway co-founded gender-neutral intimates and loungewear maker TomboyX with wife....
Which women on our 50 Over 50 list immigrated to The United States to pursue the American dream? Read on to find out. *This slideshow represents a selection... [+] In 2008, Bakhshi was working at Washington...
For these dynamic women, growing older is about getting wiser—and bolder. What advice would they give their high-school selves? Read on to find out. "Every little thing is going to be all right." - Fran...
Guest post by Robyn Selman, Photo Director, Forbes There’s more to portrait photography than meets the eye. In journalism, it has always been the product of an intense collaboration between the photo art...
A longtime OB-GYN whose clinical career was ended by a devastating back injury, 50 Over 50 listee Dr. Laura Stachel reconfigured herself as a social entrepreneur—one whose nonprofit, We Care Solar, is...
The 50 Over 50 honoree spoke to Forbes about how not getting a patent for her now-iconic makeup sponge didn’t stop her from disrupting the multi-billion beauty industry. When Rea Ann Silva used to do for...
Editor’s Note 12/2020: Thank you for your continued interest in our landmark Forbes 50 Over 50 project. We have reopened nominations for this new list highlighting the diverse voices and work of female...
The United States has officially distributed more than 200 million Covid vaccines; globally, more than a billion doses have been administered. While there is still a long way to go until the American is...
From the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, to the 2020 presidential election—in which one very powerful woman helped 800,000 people register to vote—women have been at the forefront...
Teacher Appreciation Week is typically observed during the first week in May. However, like so many moments of recognition dedicated to people, issues and professions that are too often taken for granted...
It’s been 25 years since then First Lady Hillary Clinton stood up at the U.N.’s World Conference on Women and declared, “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that rights...
Mika Brzezinski once believed that a woman’s value was almost always linked to her youth and appearance. She knows, now, that’s not true. Here’s how she overcame the “age trap” and found more success,...
When Bettie J. Parker was born in 1948 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the state was segregated. Growing up, Parker was not allowed to use the city’s public swimming pools, drinking fountains, bowling...
As the dust settles from the Trump presidency, there’s much about the so-called Resistance to his term that will fade over time: the memes, the hashtags, even the pink knit pussy hats. The resistance will...
