self-made woman
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In 2025, Forbes ranked Grede as the 88th richest self-made woman in America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
At the centerpiece of that growth is Luana Lopes Lara, the firm’s co-founder and chief operating officer and, at 29, the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, according to Forbes.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Olga Acevedo, the Puerto Rican protagonist of Gonzalez’s debut novel, is a self-made woman who plans weddings for New York’s high-maintenance elites.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022
Octavia Spencer plays the hair-care entrepreneur who, in the early 20th century, became America’s richest self-made woman.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2020
As a self-made woman she also looked the part, dressing for breakfast as she would like to be found in the afternoon, with but slight variation for dinner.
From The Letter of the Contract by King, Basil
