Great changes have taken place in the workplace in the new world. In the past, any workplace was dominated by men. But that is not the case. Women have taken a place alongside and sometimes ahead of men. This part is also evident in the field of entrepreneurship. Names like Wolf Herd (founder of Bumble), Kylie Jenner (founder of Kylie Cosmetics) and Masaba Gupta (founder of clothing label Masaba) are just a few of the names that are known for their unique leadership style for world-renowned brands. Let's meet five female founders who are running world-renowned and successful startups.
1) Upasana Takoo-Mobiquick
If you are an Indian and doing online shopping, you will be directed to a payment gateway at the time of payment. One of these gateways is usually MobiKwik. MobiKwik is a well-known name in the digital payments and digital wallet space. MobiKwik was founded in 2009 by Upasana Taku, who worked with PayPal before founding MobiKwik. Upasana Thakoo is also responsible for Bank Partnerships, Business Operations and Talent Acquisition at MobiKwik today.
2) Richa Kar-Sivame
Richa Kar, an avid MBA student, developed an online intimate dress shopping platform in 2011. Currently, Zivame is India's leading online intimate dress store valued at over $100 million. While working at SAP, she was tracking the sales of one of her clients, Richa Victoria's Secret, when she came up with the perfect idea for her own intimate dress business. She observed that intimate dress sales figures have reached record highs overseas, but Indian women do not have similar intimate dress options. While studying the Indian intimate dress market, Richa realized the social shame in India surrounding intimate dress shopping. Richa Karr can be described as someone who defied the malaise surrounding intimate dress shopping in India today.
3) Phalguna Nair-Naika
After a long stint as an investment banker, Falguni Nair founded Nykaa.com in 2013. An online one-stop shop for beauty products from Indian and international brands, Nykaa has changed the world of online shopping. Falguni Nair proved many critics wrong and created a new niche for people who love to experiment with styles, designs and colors.
4) Sabina Chopra-yatra.com
Yatra.com is a popular Indian website for making flight and hotel bookings. Sabina Chopra was instrumental in realizing the potential of travel commerce in India and making people move towards cheaper or easier travel. Sabina was the former head of India operations at eBookers, a Europe-based online travel company. Along with this, she also worked for Japan Airlines, which helped her a lot when she started her own venture as well as broadening her experience in the travel industry.
5) Rashmi Sinha - Slideshare
SlideShare allows people to upload and access their presentations online. Although this feature is currently available everywhere, SlideShare was one of the first companies to make it possible. Rashmi Sinha was one of the founders of SlideShare, a presentation sharing platform. The company was so successful that LinkedIn acquired the company in 2012 for $100 million.
