EBW2020 Announces "The EBW100 List of Most Influential Global Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide”

AUSTIN, Texas - Nov. 19, 2015 - PRLog -- (Austin, TX November 19, 2015) As the focus on women as leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and job creators continues to grow, the global movement of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 has officially released “The EBW100 List of Most Influential Global Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide.” Taking nominations from their 23 EBW2020 Global Ambassadors, with input from the EBW2020 Advisory Board, The EBW100 list followed 10 criteria for being nominated and ultimately selected.

“We know the future of our global economy is happening through a new set of eyes, the eyes of women,” says EBW2020 Founder and CEO, Ingrid Vanderveldt.  “Policy makers, investors, big business and more are seeking to keep a pulse in the women’s marketplace and participating in where the trends with women are happening.  With the EBW100 list, we wanted to both celebrate the 100 Most Influential Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide while also providing a “playbook,” if you will, to those people who are seeking to know and watch the most impactful leaders enabling women around the world.”

While the list contains mostly women, it also highlights a few influential men.  The announcement of The EBW100 List also marks the first public appearance by EBW2020’s newest partner and executive, Sharon Lechter, EBW2020’s “Chief Abundance Officer.”  Lechter is widely known worldwide as the “#1 Financial Literacy Expert in the US,” having been appointed by two Presidents to the Presidential Council on Financial Literacy and the best selling author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” “Think and Grow Rich for Women,” “Three Feet from Gold,” and “Outwitting the Devil.”

“I joined forces with EBW2020 for many reasons, one of which is the clear path to reaching and empowering a billion women in collaboration between women and men,” says Lechter.  “Historically, men have been the ones building the companies, leading our countries and elevating in their leadership roles.  Now, as women are elevating into leadership, political and executive level roles around the world, research is showing that it's the diverse teams that tend to outperform others.  Women and men have a lot they can learn from one another and we want to recognize those men as well who make the work of EBW2020 possible”.

The EBW100 List contains a diverse representation of various industries from well-known names, to some unexpected and unknown. Some of the Awardees include:

·       Hillary Clinton, as well as Carly Fiorina, both selected for their leadership and representation of women in the US Presidential elections in 2016.

·       Muhammad Yunis, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize) for founding the Grameen Bank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grameen_Bank) and selected for developing the world-changing concepts of microcredit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit) and microfinance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfinance).

·       Malala Yousafzai, a world-renowned female education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_education) activist from Pakistan and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.Malala is a global force for human rights advocacy for education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_education) and women (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights).

·       Brad Feld, Founder of The Foundry Group and TechStars, for his work promoting women in STEM through his roles and initiatives including as a Board member of The National Center for Women and Information Technology.

·       Adriana Gascoigne, the CEO of Girls in Tech for her work encouraging and developing solutions for girls in the field of technology.

You can see the full EBW100 List at http://ebw2020.com/ebw-100/ and on EBW2020’s new app, Empower a Billion.

EBW2020 is the #1 global empowerment movement of women focusing on providing the tools, technologies, and resources necessary to succeed as leaders and entrepreneurs.  EBW2020 delivers solutions in three core areas:  mobile (access), money (financial literacy), and mentors.  EBW2020 is both fueled and funded by the fast growing fintech startup MintHER:  “The Engine Powering a Billion Women by 2020”, a financial services and solutions company including exclusive financial literacy content developed by Sharon Lechter focused on mentoring women business owners to reach their fullest financial potential with software, services and support and step-by-step plans to make it happen.

For more information please contact info@ebw2020.com or download Empower a Billion App.