Maggie McGrath
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I say wooder, not waah-ter. @ForbesWomen editor; using this thing less but am @mcgrathmag on all other socials (let's see which one sticks!)
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Amid an extraordinarily tough year for everyone, and particularly women, the World's 100 Most Powerful Women stand as beacons of steady leadership in a crisis and are fierce advocates for change.
Here's who defined power in 2020:
#PowerWomen
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I'm at the Javits center right now. People are crying. This is unbelievable.
#ElectionNight
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only tweeting bc this is a master class in how NOT to do a profile. overwritten, poorly-structured sexist drivel.
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This is absolutely devastating. Twitch was so much more than Ellen's DJ... he brought immeasurable joy to so many people in the dance community and beyond. My heart goes out to everyone who loved him, and most especially his family. 💔
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Man owes $600 in taxes. Man pays, in cash w/$1 bills folded so tightly it takes 6mins to unfold one. Man is arrested:
http://t.co/hmr7FDLcf4
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"The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending guns, send books." --
@Malala
#Under30Summit
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Fun fact: Dallas Buyers Club makeup budget was $250. No extra 0s after that.
#ForbesOscars
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"What this jobs report shows is how Obama’s legacy will be remembered. And what Trump's baseline is."
#jobsreport
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Kudos to the Academy for halting the "get off the stage" music when Paweł Pawlikowski mentioned his late wife.
#Oscars2015
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"Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money." -- Cate Blanchett on female-driven films. Amen.
#ForbesOscar
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Happy
#ForbesOver50
day! After months of preparations, I'm thrilled to present the inaugural 50 Over 50, from
@Forbes
and
@MikaKYV365
. This collection of changemakers and innovators are proving that success has no age limit:
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A feel-good story for
#KentuckyDerby2018
weekend: a trip to
@Oldfriendsfarm
, a place where you can visit the Derby champs of the past.
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"I grew up without money, but in the coolest of ways. Some of my happiest moments were when I had nothing."
http://t.co/d8CJYguOmv
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LL Cool J is in the house. File that under "sentences I didn't think I'd say at the Belmont"
http://t.co/sZM7XfZzhf
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ICYMI some good news over the weekend: on Saturday, Judith Batty became the first Black woman to lead Girl Scouts USA.
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"Both the NFL and the Dallas Cowboys declined to comment." Of course they did.
Despicable.
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NEWS: Campbell CEO Denise Morrison is latest to drop out of manufacturing council:
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I'm so excited to present the latest entry in the
@forbes
CultureX series, which highlights overlooked Black business success: a profile of Maggie Lena Walker, America's first Black female banker (written with
@margheritabeale
):
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If you missed
#ForbesWomen
yesterday, you missed a delightful conversation between
@IndraNooyi
,
@priyankachopra
and
@moiraforbes
. Some highlights, here:
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@fredscott07
I'd broaden out to: people with privilege think equality = oppression. have heard similar re: affirmative action
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Guys you gotta read
@chloesorvino
's dive into In-N-Out, a "culinary anachronism" whose 20% margins best Shake Shack's and whose average unit sales are almost twice as large as McDonald's. Nostalgia pays!
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It’s here! The 18th annual
@Forbes
list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Our 2021 edition includes 40 CEOs, 19 heads of state, an immunologist and, for the first time in more than a decade, a new number one.
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The perfect Sunday reading: It's nuanced and thoughtful and everything election politics are not.
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Making a Sunday trip to the grocery store? Pay attention to the refrigerated soups: within them is a key for grocers' survival.
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@manymanywords
“Swimming is also a great high-intensity workout, but should be done in moderation, so that your back does not get too wide.” .............. 💀
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For your Sunday reading pleasure (and, yes, for
#WomensHistoryMonth
), we dove into the
@forbes
archives to bring you some of our very best stories about women in business from the last 21 years. Here, with an assist from
@luisakroll
, are the top 21:
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A Forbes exclusive from yours truly:
@DrTarikaBarrett
will succeed
@reshmasaujani
as
@GirlsWhoCode
CEO.
“This organization would not be Girls Who Code if it were not for Tarika and the work that she's already done," Saujani says.
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Important thread for
#InternationalWomensDay
2. FACT: In some parts of the world, a girl is more likely to be raped than to learn how to read.
#InternationalWomensDay
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"A Story was to be Ono’s first musical effort independent of Lennon... 'There was a girl who couldn’t speak,' she sings on the title track."
I am so here for the 21st century clearing-of-the-record for Yoko Ono. (See also: the great
@yourewrongabout
episode on this subject.)
"To the angry public, Yoko broke up the Beatles, and she was also the reason they wouldn’t reunite. It was all too much. 'My art work suffered, too,' Ono said."
@universalshow
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The early response to this has been so exciting. Nominations are already rolling in! Keep 'em coming!
We—everyone
@Forbes
and
@MikaKYV365
— are so thrilled to open submissions to the inaugural 50 Over 50 list, which will spotlight women who achieve significant success later in life. Share your story, or the story of a woman you admire, here:
#ForbesOver50
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News from the personal finance world: Ellevest, the female-focused, founded and led fintech company, has hit $1 billion in AUM. I spoke exclusively with CEO
@SallieKrawcheck
about the milestone:
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Should the 44th or 45th president take full credit for today's
#JobsReport
? Best answer I heard: neither.
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Exciting news from the
@Forbes
personal finance team: today we're launching a 30-day money challenge!
#30DaysOfMoney
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11 months in the making. 300 companies down to 50. Ladies and gents, the
@Forbes
Fintech 50 is finally live!
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Don't miss
@laurashin
's important story on financial abuse and its ties to domestic violence:
http://t.co/DhZsKDU49T
http://t.co/wgqp15Vmfs
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How much money do you waste by skipping just one college class? $51, apparently:
http://t.co/H0aUEnxn7I
Really smart post by
@maxinejoselow
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In new poll, 55% of biz economists say Clinton'd do best job w/economy.
15% said Gary Johnson.
14% said Trump.
More:
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I'm very proud to present the fourth (and, for now) final chapter of our 50 Over 50 project, produced in partnership with
@KnowYourValue
. Behold the 50 Over 50: Investment, a collection of women shaping the future of finance:
#ForbesOver50
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This morning, we launched the 20th annual
@forbes
list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. It’s a definitive snapshot of the state of female power: 100 figures who are shaping business, culture, politics and society at large.
@ForbesWomen
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The collegiate habits -- procrastinating, cramming, oversharing & more -- that cost grads $$ in real world:
http://t.co/MAw6rVIQLZ
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On behalf of
@Forbes
and
@knowyourvalue
, I am so proud to announce that the third annual 50 Over 50 list is live:
This collection of founders, innovators and creators has a sphere of influence that stretches from the deep sea to outer space—literally.
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The student loan interest deduction sounds great, but there are some big catches if you're married:
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Would you give up the internet for one month in exchange for $1,000? 69% of young adults said they would:
http://t.co/idhVOaVU3v
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For my first story as
@ForbesWomen
woman, I wrote about a fascinating conversation I witnessed between black female founders and investors at
#blackwomenraise
. It was candid and honest and I hope you give this a read:
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Dan Barber wants chefs to be able to write recipes from the seed level. And today, he's unveiling a company to make that happen:
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For
#WomensHistoryMonth
, revisit
@Clare_OC
's piece on
@Forbes
' long history of covering women -- and sliiightly shorter history of putting us on the cover:
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It's heeeeeeere! I'm pleased to unveil the 2019 Class of 30 Under 30 in food and drink:
#ForbesUnder30
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"America still works. ... it's easier to start a business now than in 1980." -- John Paul DeJoria to a packed
#Under30Summit
crowd
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The most important bit of info about Marriott buying Starwood: "Starwood members will not lose their points."
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Trump once again invoked Buffett on tax deductions. This is what Buffett had to say the last time this happened:
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"Not having information is how we're disempowered." -
@kerrywashington
at the
@Forbes
Women's Summit.
#redefinepower
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I'm very pleased present the latest chapter of our 50 Over 50 initiative: the Vision list. These 50 scientific and artistic visionaries are shaping the future of healthcare, robotics, music, dance, and so much more.
#ForbesOver50
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I've been thinking a lot about how women are experts in masculinity ever since I heard
@feministabulous
's comments in the
@WeAreManEnough
episode this week. Very glad she wrote this essay expanding on the idea/recommend reading:
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It's been a good 24 hours for female-founded companies closing fresh funding: yesterday, Calibrate announced a $22.5 million series A. Today, Literati is out with a $40 million series B.
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My latest for
@Forbes
magazine: student debt not as a burden, but a new asset class:
http://t.co/VAOHNELtHa
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What's a billionaire to do after he sells his company to Microsoft? "Grown-up day care," apparently:
http://t.co/rC68gIMbI0
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(mini 🧵) Sometimes, all it takes is one person to change everything for someone else. Through “The One,” a new
@forbes
video series, we’re going to discover “the ones” behind the country’s most successful women.
Here's what
@TheBudgetnista
told us:
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It's the next chapter in our
#ForbesOver50
franchise, and it's out today: meet the 50 women in the Asia-Pacific region who are founding companies, innovating technology and forging social change—and in so doing are proving that success has no age limit.
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In the latest chapter of our
#forbesover50
project, we're highlighting 50 women who are changing their communities through social entrepreneurship, law, advocacy and education. Dig in!! 👇👇
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“It is historic,"
@ShelArchambeau
said. "I can’t wait until we get to the point that it’s not.”
On Roz Brewer, progress in the c-suite, and the many miles we have to go:
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i just sent an email without the requisite "hope you're safe/sane/healthy/well/in good spirits/washing your hands/covering your face/not reduced to tears and alcohol" throat clearing and it was LIBERATING
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"I think players need to get paid for what they’re worth, for what they put out on the field." -- Alex Morgan
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Well here's a sentence you don't see every day: it's about to get cheaper to pay for college.
http://t.co/i8Eq6lzk9c
via
@Forbes
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Just in time for
#4thofJuly2018
, my latest for the mag takes a behind-the-scenes look at the revival of a classic American whiskey brand, Michter's:
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My answer? I want to destigmatize words like bossy, aggressive & ambitious.
#breakthefuture
@WomenatForbes
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News out of the fintech world: Tala has raised a $145 million Series E (at an $800 million valuation, unchanged since 2019). Founder and CEO Shivani Siroya spoke to me about how she intends to deploy this capital:
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While
@ZelenskaUA
was in town for the
#Forbes3050
Summit, I sat down with her to talk about Russia’s kidnapping of Ukrainian children, the war’s outsized effect on women, and her message to the world right now. Watch the full conversation here:
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SoFi secured $1 billion in funding, the largest single round ever for a fintech company. My look at what this means:
http://t.co/fIYtyMHYLl
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The gov't has shut down, but it's still taking student loan payments. Darn it!
http://t.co/ioIgYuaGKe
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The S&P 500 is going lose one of its few female CEOs when Margaret Keane steps down on April 1. Keane and I spoke about her transition, how more women can become chief executives, and why her second act could involve olive oil:
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“I’m 100 percent for women supporting women and I’m grateful to the women who nominated me, but I don’t understand how a black-and-white vanity selfie does that.”
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I'm fascinated by
@laurashin
's article on the "buy nothing" year.
http://t.co/W1PyBrrqB6
I don't think I could do it!
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"I'm not good at dancing, so I just told my teacher thank you very much." Malala on her reaction to winning Nobel Prize
#Under30Summit
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Newspaper killed the (liberal) radio star. Why the best-known and highest-earning radio hosts are conservative:
http://t.co/E1BWSfsdrw
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A very belated quote tweet on this, but now that I'm off the beach and on the job, some ~personal news~ to kick off the new year:
Excited for 2019, and more coverage of women entrepreneurs, diversity and inclusion (and food!). congrats
@mcgrathmag
@ruthumohnews
@chloesorvino
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cc: everyone who's *also* been asking this question 10x a day
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If you caught this morning's
@Morning_Joe
x
@Forbes
segment on the women over 50 spearheading small business relief and want to learn more about each one, read my story about them here:
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I'm pleased to report that the 2019 Just 100 - our list, with
@justcapital_
, of America's best corporate actors - is live!
With it are some fun stories, including our latest cover package: + by
@alexrkonrad
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"When she began her legal crusade, women were treated, by law, differently from men. Hundreds of laws restricted what women could do, barring them from jobs, rights and even from jury service."
We owe her so very much. Rest peacefully, RBG.
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"This is the 1st time that we have seen four consecutive months of 200k + job growth since October 1999."
http://t.co/xmhoVRUgGl
via
@Forbes
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Federal complaint () isn't first time
#USWNT
has spoken against pay disparity. From October:
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Just in time for
#WorldEnvironmentDay
, my story on ALL the CEOs in WH councils &what they're saying re
#ParisAccord
:
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Of the 528 active SPACs, only 17—or 3.2%—have a female chair or CEO. I spoke exclusively with Phyllis Newhouse and Isabelle Freidheim, the founders of Athena Technology Acquisition Corp who are nudging these statistics in a better direction.
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"I feel like what is asked of women is impossible. Absolutely impossible. We are supposed to survive while being trapped. Supposed to self-care while the world is closing in around us?"
oh this is so very good:
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Four out of five Americans feel that employees don't share in their companies' success. The members of the 2020
#Just100
,
@Forbes
and
@justcapital_
's list of the best corporate actors, are the businesses trying to change that perception.
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If I never hear "he is saying the quiet part out loud" ever again, it'll be too soon. Language is varied and wonderful so surely we can all find a new favorite way to describe statements that are offensive, convention-breaking, or anything ending in -ist.
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New from me: 66% of college-educated workers say they would not take a job in a state that prohibits abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, as Texas now does. Half of respondents said they would consider moving out of a state that passed such restrictions.
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My first feature for
@Forbes
magazine: the data army (and unseen force!) behind college admissions.
http://t.co/YpPmHNN0Gl
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An ominous prediction: "Of the 6k fintech startups that exist, 90% of them are out of business in the next 5 years.”
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