List of women company founders

This is a list of women company founders, sorted alphabetically:

## A

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* Mo Abudu
* Olajumoke Adenowo
* Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch
* Folorunsho Alakija
* Jessica Alba
* Janine Allis
* Mother Angelica
* Cheryl Arrowsmith
* Laura Ashley
* Bolanle Austen-Peters
* Linda Avey

## B

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* Viveka Babajee
* Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
* Romana Acosta Bañuelos
* Drew Barrymore
* Ayah Bdeir
* Olive Ann Beech
* Alice Bentinck
* Gina Bianchini
* Sara Blakely
* Francesca Bortolotto Possati
* Anita Schjøll Brede
* Sandra Bullock
* Tory Burch
* Margaret Busby
* Lauren Bush
* Leah Busque

## C

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* Jan Cameron
* Julie Chaiken
* Juliana Chan
* Coco Chanel
* Nancy T. Chang
* Eva Chen
* Jane Chen
* Leeann Chin
* Phyllis Christian
* Yael Cohen
* Zee Cohen-Sanchez
* Jenny Craig
* Jan Crouch
* Lucia Cunanan
* Louisa Knapp Curtis

## D

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* Evelyn de Mille
* Dorimène Roy Desjardins
* Marthe Distel
* Jenny Doan
* Donna Dubinsky
* Helen Duhamel
* Marguerite Durand
* Adele Duttweiler

## E

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* Fifi Ejindu
* Inger McCabe Elliott
* Jeri Ellsworth
* Judith Estrin
* Melanie Eusebe

## F

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* Caterina Fake
* Lizanne Falsetto
* Tara Fela-Durotoye
* Samrawit Fikru
* Doris F. Fisher
* Jennifer Fleiss
* Ping Fu

## G

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* Susie Galvez
* Jennifer Garner
* Muma Gee
* Françoise Giroud
* Anne Glover
* Diane Greene
* Serena Guen

## H

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* Kathryn Hach-Darrow
* Vivienne Harris (businesswoman)
* Dianne Haskett
* Christy Haubegger
* Diane Hendricks
* Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)
* Ingeborg Hochmair
* Catherine Hoke
* Krisztina Holly
* Elizabeth Holmes
* Jessica Huntley
* Jennifer Hyman

## I

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* Marian Ilitch
* Janine Irons

## J

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* Jessica Jackley
* Christine Jennings
* Mary Lou Jepsen
* Margaret Josephs

## K

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* Katherine Anna Kang
* Elle Kaplan
* Margaret Karcher
* Kathy Keeton
* Kehinde Kamson
* Carolyn Kepcher
* Miranda Kerr
* Nicole Kersh
* Nicole Kidman
* Jasmina King
* Natalia King
* Tina Knowles
* Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
* Sandra Kurtzig

## L

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* Maxine Lapiduss
* Dylan Lauren
* Aileen Lee
* Hayley Leibson
* Prue Leith
* Bonnie Leman
* Tara Lemmey
* Jacqueline Leo
* Sandy Lerner
* Christine Liang
* Andrea Lo
* Jennifer Lopez

## M

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* Julie Macklowe
* Christine Magee
* Marjorie Magner
* Alice Marriott
* Natalie Massenet
* Jennifer McGarigle
* Sara Anne McLagan
* Sarma Melngailis
* Teresa H. Meng
* Heidi Messer
* Janee Michelle
* Carole Middleton
* Kathryn Minshew
* Brit Morin
* Beth Murphy
* Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray

## N

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* Nicole Notat

## O

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* Ola Orekunrin
* Mildred Ellen Orton

## P

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* Despina Papadopoulos
* Alicia Patterson
* Monique Péan
* Melissa Perello
* Irina Petrushova
* Tiffany Pham
* Mary Pickford
* Laurene Powell Jobs
* Jane Pratt
* Jennifer N. Pritzker
* Penny Pritzker

## R

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* Laurice Rahmé
* Heather Reisman
* Anita Roddick
* Rossana Rossanda
* Martine Rothblatt
* Helena Rubinstein
* Michele Ruiz
* Sarina Russo

## S

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* Mary Ann Sainsbury
* Harriet Samuel, founder of H. Samuel[1]
* Selena
* Mary Ann Shadd
* Tina Sharkey
* Clara Shih
* Naomi Simson
* Esther Snyder
* Kate Spade
* Christine Spiten
* Patti Stanger
* Sally Steele
* Debbie Sterling
* Martha Stewart
* Jill Stuart
* Riniki Bhuyan Sarma

## T

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* Vivienne Tam
* Therese Tucker

## U

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## V

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* Gloria Vanderbilt
* Deena Varshavskaya
* Fernanda Viégas

## W

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* Lila Bell Wallace
* Cher Wang
* Vera Wang
* Haley Webb
* Patti Webster
* Margaret Weis
* Meg Whitman
* Verna Wilkins
* Virginia Williamson
* Oprah Winfrey
* Amanda Wixted
* Anne Wojcicki
* Victoria Woodhull

## Y

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* Lovie Yancey
* Peggy Yu
* Dina Yuen

## Z

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* Zhou Qunfei
* Lydia Zimmermann

## References

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1. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 852\. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.

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