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Image courtesy of Vanity Fair – ETHAN PINES/THE FORBES COLLECTION. It’s 2003. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected Governor of California. Scientists from around the world have just completed the Human Genome Project, and somewhere on the campus of Stanford University, a young, bright-eyed, 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes has handed in her last assignment. The feeling of finality is a few semesters too early as Holmes isn’t leaving University a graduate but rather a dropout, eager to follow the likes of other successful entrepreneurs before her who had dropped out, such as Steve Jobs (whom she greatly admired and dressed like), Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. According to her, a few more classes in Chemical Engineering are useless in her quest to fulfil her childhood dream. And what an audacious dream it is! Holmes has skilfully held on to the hope that she would one day revolutionize the healthcare industry after…
While under the tyranny of a corrupt dictatorship, three brave sisters – Minerva, Patria and Maria Mirabal – set out to create a safe, just world for the…
A September 2015 poll called her the Best Female Athlete Ever. Ronda Jean Rousey is a mixed martial artist, judoka, and actress. The Bronze Medal winner in the…
Susan Burton is an amazing woman who proves that no matter what life throws your way, you can overcome it! She’s proof that it’s never too late to…
The youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for the education of girls and women. In a culture where girls were at one time banned…
Martha Stewart has become an iconic American businesswoman. The founder of Martha Stewart Living, she’s found amazing success in a variety of business endeavors. Stewart has written several…
Mila Kunis, with her dark hair and exotic looks is such a part of the celebrity scene in America that it’s difficult to imagine Hollywood without her. She’s…
American marine biologist, Rachel Louise Carson was the author of Silent Spring, a groundbreaking book that is nationally credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Other books on…
In 2004, Claudia de la Cruz participated in the Miss World Pageant representing the Dominican Republic. While often admired for the beautiful woman she is, there is far…
