Comments on: B-B-Billionaire Women In Businesses

By: doreen awiti

doreen awiti — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:46:33 +0000

Im next.

By: Madam Prada’s Exquisite Fashion Sense

Madam Prada’s Exquisite Fashion Sense — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:51:06 +0000

[...] designer and owner of the Prada dynasty. I was interested to learn that Madam Prada is not only a billionaire, but she is a (working) lead designer and she runs the company along with her husband. She is not [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:30:26 +0000

To be fair, I’ve had moments of regret. You know, little pangs when something has happened that makes me think that things could be different. But I stand by my decisions. They work for me.

By: Bridget Wright

Bridget Wright — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:42:57 +0000

Kelly, I agree with you on that. I too put my career on the back burner for the family. And I have not regretted it one single time since.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:34:14 +0000

I think it’s absolutely possible for women to be as successful as men in a vacuum.

But I think that there are other issues – most notably family – that keep women from being less successful.

As a working mom of three kids, I can tell you that I have made choices for the benefit of my family that have definitely slowed my career. I have twice turned down extremely lucrative offers to manage law firm practice areas because of the time involved. I stepped down after 6 years of serving on a BOD because the number of meetings meant that I wasn’t able to tuck my kids into bed at night.

I’m not saying poor me. Those are my choices and I stand by them. But I think, culturally, women make more sacrifices in their careers for the sake of their families than men do. And that shows in the numbers of CEOs, law firm partners and yes, even billionaires.