The most prominent characteristic of all successful business women is self belief. If you don’t believe it, then check out their speeches or go through their written journals and you will detect that the firm self belief is the key to their success today.

All eight of the women listed below believed in their abilities, in themselves, without paying attention to what others thought or said about them. They never seek pity assistance to solve their problems, they sort them out themselves and this self-belief worked wonders for them. Go through the profiles of these eight exceptionally successful businesswomen in the world.

1.     Shari Arison, Israel

Daughter of Ted Arison, the cruise line magnate, the American-born businesswoman is the richest woman in Israel. She is the chairperson of Arison Holdings and has achieved great success in her professional life. She owns a number of businesses within Israel, the most prominent one being Bank Hapoalim. She also operates Housing & Constuctions, the largest real estate developer, as well as a charitable foundation. Currently, she is working on a plan to invest around 100 million dollars in a clean energy venture.

2.     Charlene Begley, United States

Serving two companies General Electric and Enterprise solution as Chief Executive and President respectively, Charlene Begley has gained immense popularity recently. Before the establishment of Enterprise Solutions, she was also heading GE Industrial that generated $17.7 billion revenue. In short, Charlene Begley has secured her position on the board as a successful young female leader in the world.

3.     Mindy Grossman, United States

Mindy Grossman is as a Chief Executive at HSN. The Home Shopping Network also includes Cornerstone retail catalogs and HSN.com, which were spun off in August this year. She has brought incredible changes in this company since she was first hired in the year 2006. Previously she had gained 30 years of experience in the retail field with stints at Ralph Lauren and Nike. Surprisingly, self-belief was all she depended on as she did not even complete her undergraduate degree. In February this year, she also won an award by Ernst and Young’s for Corporate Innovator of the year.

4.     Salma Hareb, United Arab Emirates

For Hareb, her journey from dreaming to become a doctor and ending up with computers proved to be really successful. In 1997, Salma Hareb joined Economic Zones World as a strategic planner and then successfully attained the position of CEO within 8 years in 2005. She also bought a UK based distribution warehouse from Wal-Mart in July and has also shared plans of investing $800 million for the development of major coastal hub for distribution in South Carolina.

5.     Ellen Malcom, United States

Ellen Malcolm is known as the most prominent figure in American politics today. More than 2 decades ago, she established EMILY’S (Early money is like yeast) List which is a PAC (Political legal action committee) that supports and backs pro-choice political democrats and females. EMILY began in her basement with Malcolm and some friends presenting letters for fundraising. Today, with more than 100,000 members and more than 24 million dollars already raised for election cycles, Ellen is running one of the most well-established and richest PACs in the United States. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was also co-chaired by Malcolm.

6.     Michelle Obama, United States

Formerly a renowned corporate lawyer, the First Lady plays the role of Vice President for External and Community Affairs and the University of Chicago Hospitals. She also campaigns along with the President of the United States, her husband. Previously she worked as Assistant Commissioner of development and planning and assistant to the mayor of Chicago. Currently, she is the mother of two daughters and is serving the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

7.     Melinda Gates, United States

Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates, is an American philanthropist and businesswomen. She co-chaired and co-founded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and has served as a former unite manager for a number of Microsoft products including Expedia, Encarta, Microsoft Bob, and Publisher.

8.     Indra Nooyi, United States

Born in India, Indra is currently serving PepsiCo. as the CEO and Chairperson. She leads one of the largest drink and food companies in the world.

All these women have conquered the world to take the position they are at today. And people today lose hope only at facing debt burdens should try hard to get at that position.

Always believe in yourself and your abilities!

Author’s Bio

When she's not writing, Rose is a professional credit counselor with Consolidated Credit. Rose wrote this article to emphasize the importance of self-belief to achieve success. She highlighted the importance of having faith even when hard times are faced. In her profession, Rose witnesses these struggles daily while working for Consolidated Credit. While difficulties come in many shapes and sizes, Rose believes that persistence and self-belief above all are most important.

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