13 Women Who Didn’t Hit Their Stride Until They Were In Their 40s
09.06.2022 - 18:47
/ glamour.com
and have to fight their way through workplace inequities as they find their paths—great success often comes later.Below, our 13 over 40: successful women who hit it big in their 40s—and beyond.Who holds the keys to Tinder, OkayCupid, and Hinge? A 29-year-old tech bro? Nope, it’s Sharmistha “Shar” Dubey, the 50-something . She worked her way up through the company for over a decade, the launch of Tinder Gold when she was in her late 40s. Of course she did—it takes wisdom earned throughout the years to come up with something so brilliant and diabolical as getting people to pay to see who likes them.Angeline Boulley published her first novel, a young adult coming-of-age thriller called The Firekeeper’s Daughter, at 55.
The book started a bidding war between publishing houses and between movie studios. The Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, triumphed.Sallie Krawcheck landed on the idea for Ellevest, an investment platform aimed at helping women build wealth, when she was putting on mascara. She co-founded the company in 2014, at 47.
Last year, the company cleared in assets under management.Rea Ann Silva was already a successful makeup artist (she worked on the set of early-aughts sitcom Girlfriends) when she hit a new high at age 41, selling a product she called the “BeautyBlender.” When she was 52, Sephora started stocking the now-iconic tool. Now, at 60, she’s the CEO of a company that does in sales each year. won her first election at 55, becoming chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico.
(Before that, the single mom, who graduated from college at 34, had struggled with homelessness.) At 57, she was . Now, at 61, she serves as U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Biden cabinet.