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Last week, we brought you the first part of our global expansion of the 50 Over 50 franchise: the 50 Over 50: Asia list. This week, I’m pleased to tell you the second big part of this expansion is now live: the 50 Over 50: Europe, Middle East and Africa list!

From entrepreneurs like Wiphold cofounder Louisa Mojela and TomTom cofounder Corinne Vigreux, to scientist-founders like Ozlem Tureci and Emmanuelle Charpentier, the women on this list are making a real and lasting impact on business and society. And as usual, we looked beyond the entrepreneurial set to compile the final 50: In 2020, Bernardine Evaristo, now 62, became the first Black female author to top the paperback fiction chart in the U.K. She's on the list, alongside 73-year-old Svetlana Alexievich, who in 2015 became the first woman from Belarus to win the Nobel Prize in literature.

The third step of our global expansion of the 50 Over 50 will be the Forbes 30/50 Summit on International Women’s Day in Abu Dhabi; it’s an unprecedented global gathering that will bring together the women of the 30 Under 30 and the women of the 50 Over 50 for networking, mentoring, and idea-sharing. You can learn more about this event (which will take place entirely outdoors and have a robust Covid testing policy) through this link here.

Cheers!
Maggie

ICYMI: Stories From The Week

Last March, 29-year-old Melanie Fellay announced her employee training startup Spekit had raised a $12.2 million Series A. Only ten months later, the 30 Under 30 alum is announcing that the company has raised an additional $45 million Series B led by Craft Ventures (bringing total funding to a cool $60 million).

Turkish entrepreneur Rina Onur Sirinoglu helped grow and sell Peak Games to Zynga for nearly $2 billion. For her next act, Spyke–a social, mobile gaming startup–Onur Sirinoglu has already raised a $55 million seed round of funding, an infusion of capital that sets a new record for the largest seed round raised by a female CEO in Turkey.

A study of pregnant Scottish women who contracted Covid-19 found they had higher rates of pre-term birth, stillbirth and death of newborns, with almost all such cases occurring among women who were unvaccinated when they were diagnosed with the disease.

IBM Chief Marketing Officer Carla Piñeyro Sublett is no longer in the CMO role as the company looks to make changes with its marketing division.

Just before 9 p.m. CST Wednesday, the Board of Governors of the NCAA quietly announced the end to its 11-year-old policy on transgender participation in college sports, something that has been challenged, debated and derided in recent weeks. The impetus for much of the talk, as Forbes contributor Mark Edelman reported earlier this month, is the unparalleled but controversial success of Lia Thomas, a trans woman swimming for the University of Pennsylvania.

Check List

#1: Ask about money. A new survey shows employees care more about financial benefits, like 401(k) matching, than vacation days and freebies. Here are seven questions to ask to make sure your own benefits are up to snuff.

#2: Stop doing what you’re good at. It’s counterintuitive, but executive coach Stacy Mayer says that being an irreplaceable subject-matter expert can hold women back from getting to the next level. Here’s what Mayer says you need to do to get your next promotion.

#3: Think holistically about your stretch goals. As you think about where you want your professional life to lead this year, consider too your goals for your finances, wellness and personal relationships. Thinking about all these factors together will better help you achieve the life you want.

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