{"id":4514,"date":"2016-03-07T15:31:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T15:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T08:47:14","slug":"most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders","title":{"rendered":"8 Most Influential and Powerful Women Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the International Women&#8217;s month, we would like to hit the spotlight to eight women leaders from the Philippines and the world. They have, in one way or another, given a substantial impact and contribution to how we see and live in this fast-paced society.<\/p>\n<p>Admiring their hard-work, dedication, and God-given courage to soldier on despite their gender, these women are living proof that this world is no longer just a man&#8217;s world; that you can achieve great\u00a0things, and actually make it to the top if you don&#8217;t let gender differences define your capabilities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#1_Tessie_Sy-Coson_65\" title=\"1.\u00a0Tessie Sy-Coson, 65\">1.\u00a0Tessie Sy-Coson, 65<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#2_Rebecca_Bustamante\" title=\"2.\u00a0Rebecca Bustamante\">2.\u00a0Rebecca Bustamante<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#3_Maria_Ressa_53\" title=\"3.\u00a0Maria Ressa, 53\">3.\u00a0Maria Ressa, 53<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#4_Karen_Batungbacal\" title=\"4. Karen Batungbacal\">4. Karen Batungbacal<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#5_Sheila_Marcelo_46\" title=\"5. Sheila Marcelo, 46\">5. Sheila Marcelo, 46<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#6_Anna_Wintour_66\" title=\"6.\u00a0Anna Wintour, 66\">6.\u00a0Anna Wintour, 66<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#7_Arianna_Huffington_65\" title=\"7.\u00a0Arianna Huffington, 65\">7.\u00a0Arianna Huffington, 65<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#8_Sheryl_Sandberg_46\" title=\"8.\u00a0Sheryl Sandberg, 46\">8.\u00a0Sheryl Sandberg, 46<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/most-influential-and-powerful-women-leaders\/#Subscribe_to_our_weekly_newsletter_and_get_Kalibrr_Career_Advice_straight_from_your_inbox_You_can_also_follow_us_on_Facebook_Twitter_and_Instagram_or_join_Kalibrrs_Viber_public_chat_for_answers_to_your_questions_about_your_career\" title=\"Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get Kalibrr Career Advice straight from your inbox! You can also follow us on\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Twitter, and\u00a0Instagram, or join\u00a0Kalibrr\u2019s Viber public chat\u00a0for answers to your questions about your career.\">Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get Kalibrr Career Advice straight from your inbox! You can also follow us on\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Twitter, and\u00a0Instagram, or join\u00a0Kalibrr\u2019s Viber public chat\u00a0for answers to your questions about your career.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Tessie_Sy-Coson_65\"><\/span>1.\u00a0Tessie Sy-Coson, 65<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Vice Chairperson, SM Investments Corp. (SMIC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the daughter of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/philippines-billionaires\/list\/#tab:overall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">richest man in the Philippines<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Henry Sy, and wife of lumber tycoon Louie Coson (deceased), Tessie Coson has about everything going on for her\u2014both life and career. She&#8217;s currently the vice chairperson of SMIC, one of\u00a0the largest conglomerates in the Philippines, advisor to the board of directors for SM Prime Holdings, as well as chairperson of BDO Unionbank. When asked about being a woman in this multibillion industry, she simply said, &#8220;It doesn\u2019t really matter so much to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Rebecca_Bustamante\"><\/span>2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebecca-bustamante.com\/#!media\/cee5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebecca Bustamante<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Founder and Chief Executive Officer of\u00a0Chalr\u00e9 Associates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4519\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/150513_AdME_01_RebeccaBustamante.webp\" alt=\"ceo\" width=\"286\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/150513_AdME_01_RebeccaBustamante.webp 286w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/150513_AdME_01_RebeccaBustamante-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rebecca left her family when she was 19 to work as a domestic helper in Singapore, where she also studied Accounting. After finishing college in Singapore, she moved to Canada to work as a nanny and take up graduate studies in Accounting and Marketing. After finishing her studies, she put up her own recruitment agency in Canada. Later on, she went back to the Philippines together with her husband and founded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chalre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chalr\u00e9 Associates<\/a><\/strong>, a recruitment firm for senior management positions.\u00a0Rebecca encourages Pinays to seek higher positions, and believes that\u00a0women\u00a0are just as capable as their male counterparts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Maria_Ressa_53\"><\/span>3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariaressa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maria Ressa<\/a>, 53<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Journalist, Author, and Chief Executive Officer of Rappler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most successful and prominent Filipino journalists today, Maria Ressa is known for being CNN&#8217;s bureau chief in Manila then Jakarta, covering topics on terrorism in the region. After working as an investigative journalist for CNN for two decades, she later on moved and became head of ABS-CBN&#8217;s news and current affairs for six years before starting her own news and media\u00a0online platform, Rappler.\u00a0Esquire named her as the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spot.ph\/the-feed\/46741\/esquirecom-says-maria-ressa-is-the-sexiest-woman-alive-in-the-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippines&#8217; Sexiest Woman Alive<\/a><\/strong> in 2010 for her bad-ass fearlessness in covering the<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Seeds-Terror-Eyewitness-Account-Al-Qaedas\/dp\/1451636342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Al Qaeda story<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Karen_Batungbacal\"><\/span>4. <a href=\"\/blog\/meet-the-mother-philippine-bpo-industry\">Karen Batungbacal<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Executive General Manager of QBE GSSC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4521\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KarenBatungbacal-photo-886x590-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"general-manager\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KarenBatungbacal-photo-886x590-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KarenBatungbacal-photo-886x590-1-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KarenBatungbacal-photo-886x590-1.png 886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be fooled by this\u00a0petite woman;\u00a0she&#8217;s not your typical Tita of Manila,\u00a0but\u00a0is actually known for being the\u00a0<strong>Mother of the Philippine BPO Industry<\/strong>. Her career started as a customer service representative in a shipping container company, but did you know that she had no prior knowledge of that kind of job?\u00a0Karen\u00a0was a chemical engineering graduate,\u00a0thus, she had to learn about CSR\u00a0from scratch. Little did she know that that shift from sciences to customer service was the start of how her life was going to be\u00a0forever.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Sheila_Marcelo_46\"><\/span>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/bw\/articles\/2012-09-04\/how-i-got-here-care-dot-coms-sheila-marcelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheila Marcelo<\/a>, 46<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Care.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4523\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Marcelo_2014_288width-253x300.jpeg\" alt=\"marcelo\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Marcelo_2014_288width-253x300.jpeg 253w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Marcelo_2014_288width.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0Harvard Business School grad and Care.com founder worked at two Internet companies before\u00a0finding the courage to go out on her own. She was pre-destined by her family to become a lawyer, but after her fist year in law school, she suddenly had an urge to pursue business. The idea of Care.com came when school-work-life balance became difficult, and that finding the right care for her two toddlers\u00a0and her father that had suffered \u00a0heart-attack became a struggle. The company finally went public in 2014, and have 17.8 million members spanning from 16 different countries.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Anna_Wintour_66\"><\/span>6.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/anna-wintour-214147#rise-to-the-top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Wintour<\/a>, 66<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Artistic director of Conde Nast Publications, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve seen <em>Devil Wears Prada<\/em>, you probably know how the world of editorial fashion is like under a boss like Anna Wintour. Known for her chilly demeanor, Anna started out in the fashion industry with\u00a0<em>Harper&#8217;s &amp; Queen<\/em> in London. Over the years, she rose up the editorial ladder and bounced from publication to publication.\u00a0It wasn&#8217;t until the late 80&#8217;s that she became\u00a0chief editor of the Cond\u00e9 Nast-owned <em>British Vogue<\/em>. She has so far made an impact in today&#8217;s fashion industry, not only with what to feature in her magazine, but also by breaking in newer designers and celebrating their styles.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Arianna_Huffington_65\"><\/span>7.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/arianna-huffington-21216537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arianna Huffington<\/a>, 65<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Born in Athens, Greece, Arianna Huffington is a prolific author and a media mogul who founded the Pulitzer Prize-winning\u00a0website The Huffington Post. She went to earn a master&#8217;s degree in\u00a0economics in the University of Cambridge where she became the first foreign, and third female president of its famed debate organization. Arianna has long been an advocate of maintaining work-life balance after suffering from a facial injury in 2007 where she collapsed due to exhaustion and overwork.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Sheryl_Sandberg_46\"><\/span>8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/sheryl-sandberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheryl Sandberg<\/a>, 46<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Author and Chief Operating Officer of Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before becoming Facebook&#8217;s COO in 2008, she, like many of us, also went through different kinds jobs. First she\u00a0worked\u00a0as a research assistant for World Bank, then worked\u00a0in the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u00a0during the Clinton administration. When her time with the government had ended, she sought to find a job at\u00a0Silicon Valley eager to join the thriving\u00a0tech scene that was under way. She got her shot working in Google for seven good years, then transferred to Facebook where she\u00a0oversees the social media site&#8217;s\u00a0business operations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5092\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/run-the-world-300x128.gif\" alt=\"run-the-world\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Subscribe_to_our_weekly_newsletter_and_get_Kalibrr_Career_Advice_straight_from_your_inbox_You_can_also_follow_us_on_Facebook_Twitter_and_Instagram_or_join_Kalibrrs_Viber_public_chat_for_answers_to_your_questions_about_your_career\"><\/span><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/i\/77238488FF110D6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/strong> to our weekly newsletter and get Kalibrr Career Advice straight from your inbox! 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