self-made woman
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In 2025, Forbes ranked Grede as the 88th richest self-made woman in America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
At the centerpiece of that growth is Luana Lopes Lara, the firm’s co-founder and chief operating officer and, at 29, the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, according to Forbes.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Holmes' net worth was valued at $4.5bn at Theranos' peak, reportedly making her at the time America's richest self-made woman, but Forbes earlier this month reduced its estimate of her net worth to zero.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2023
Olga Acevedo, the Puerto Rican protagonist of Gonzalez’s debut novel, is a self-made woman who plans weddings for New York’s high-maintenance elites.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022
But is a self-made woman less honorable than a self-made man?
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
