“Here are just a few women on the international scene who are moving and shaking… and who motivate us just by continuing to make things happen. And while we’re on the topic of ladies who inspire us, I’d be remiss if I didn’t include my mother Reva — who was instrumental in my own journey to becoming a working mother, business owner and CEO.” — Tory

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition leader, Nobel Prize laureate

Ava DuVernay, director

Cindy Sherman, artist
Dilma Rousseff, first female President of Brazil


Dina Powell, head of Goldman Sachs Foundation

Francoise Gilot, artist

Gloria Steinem, journalist and activist


Geun-Hye Park, first female President of South Korea

Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State

Jane Rosenthal, film producer

Joan Didion, author


Judith Regan, publisher

Malala Yousafzai, activist, Nobel Prize laureate

Marina Abramovic, artist


Melinda Gates, philanthropist
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
Miuccia Prada, designer and iconoclast
Oprah Winfrey, media mogul and philanthropist

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Toni Morrison, author