Researchers have known since the 1970s that female entrepreneurs are motivated by a desire for independence, job satisfaction, economics and a need to achieve (Schwartz, 1976).
A women entrepreneur is a confident, innovative and creative woman capable of achieving economic independence individually or in collaboration generates employment opportunities for others through initiating establishing and running an enterprise by keeping pace with her personal, family and social life.
List of some of the successful women entrepreneurs
Ekta Kapoor , Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon
Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals
Indra Nooyi- 4th position- Chief Executive—designate, Pepsi Co.
Ravina Raj Kohli, Media personality and ex-President, STAR News
Ritu Kumar , Fashion Designer
Shahnaz Hussain, CEO, Shahnaz Herbals
Simone Tata, Chairman, Trent Ltd
Sonia Gandhi-13th position—President, Congress Party
Oprah Winfrey stands as a role model for many an aspiring woman entrepreneur - a woman with no dearth of talent and skills. Oprah Winfrey scored double over Bill Gates and four times over Richard Branson in a recent poll conducted to select the 'Most admired entrepreneur '. She is the first black woman billionaire and is undoubtedly one of the most