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
Mrs. Bland was fond of describing herself as a self-made woman; but the stages of the process by which she had "turned herself out" were visible.
From The Letter of the Contract by King, Basil
