Successful Women In Business Fact, Not Fiction

Women in Business are still unfortunately an unusual term to some countries. Its not because of men, but because of the nation and government and the way the people were raised, seeing a woman working a mans job seems strange and wrong. Look at Saudi Arabia and the law prohibiting women from driving, in the eyes of the rest of the world thats absolutely ridiculous, but to both men and women in their country its just the way life goes, forget about making a woman CEO. Luckily there are many women who prove that women not only can be, but ARE so much more than that. Lets take a look at some of the worlds most successful women in Business:

1.Indra Nooyi Shes the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo and has sales of over $40 billion.

2.Irene Rosenfeld - Shes the Chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods and her company has about $48 billion in revenue

3.Patricia Woertz Chairman, President and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland otherwise known as ADM (also known because of the movie The Informant). In 2009 their stocks rose 13%.

4.Andre Jung Chairman and CEO of Avon Products, and inspiration to all Avon women all over the world

5.Oprah Shes Chairman of Harpo and OWN and has been the Queen of Talk for years. She maybe leaving the talk show but its certainly not the last weve heard of her.

6.Ginni Rometty Currently Senior vice President, Group Executive and is in charge of Sales Marketing, and Strategy and also the lead candidate to become the next CEO of IBM

7.Sherilyn McCoy Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson. She may have had a rough year but shes not slowing down. They have 11 new drug filings planned over the next 13 years.

8.Melanie Healey Group President in North America for Procter and Gamble, accounting for 42% of revenues.

9.Sheryl Sandberg COO of Facebook, shes played a key role in turning Facebooks 500 million users into revenue.

10.Michelle Obama she may not have won her title of First Lady by vote, but this Harvard Law graduate has started a campaign Lets Move has gotten companies like Coca-Cola, Kellogg and General Mills to pledge to reduce the calorie content of their products by 2012.

Aside from them there are women like Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Angelina who have not only become famous Stars but have also become successful business women and women who speak up to help peoples rights and are heard. Women now know only one direction - up.