The 2017 Top 60 ‘Self Made Women in America’ List

Forbes magazine has released the 60 most successful 60 ‘Self Made Women in America’, and the list may surprise you. From food to finance, music to business, this is quite an impressive list.

The widow of business tycoon Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars Pizza founder Marian Ilitch, tops the list. Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and newcomer Anne Dinning the hedge fund manager of the firm, D.E. Shaw, makes the list. Here are others of note…

At number two sits Diane Hendrick, Wisconsin provider of roofing, siding and windows. Number three is Judy Love, 79, the co-chair of Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores. Sitting at number four is Oprah Winfrey, media mogul. Rounding out the top five is Doris Fisher, co-founder of the Gap.

Meg Whitman, Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO, Hedge fund manager Victoria Zoellner, Alpine, the cosmetics billion dollar company founder Jamie Kern Lima, Celine Dion, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Madonna are also found within the Top 60 ‘Self Made Women in America’ collection.

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