Top 20 Influential Women Entrepreneurs To Watch In 2025

The entrepreneurial world is entering a bold new chapter in 2025, and women are leading that charge with remarkable vision and grit. Across technology, design, wellness, finance, and social enterprise, these founders are building companies that don’t just chase profits; they solve real problems, create opportunities, and set new benchmarks for leadership. They are risk‑takers, innovators, and community builders whose influence reaches far beyond their own ventures. The following list highlights 20 women entrepreneurs whose work is shaping the year ahead and whose journeys are worth following closely.

Fernanda Ralston

Fernanda Ralston is a visionary entrepreneur and global pioneer of the Post‑Luxury movement. With roots in high fashion—having worked alongside Versace—she redefined what luxury means by founding Brazil’s iconic Botanique Hotel & Spa  in 2012. Under her leadership, it became a beacon of Après‑Luxe, a philosophy centered on timeless elegance, authenticity, sustainability, quality, and meaningful purpose—moving beyond material opulence. 

Recognized internationally by Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast as one of the world’s finest, the hotel embodied her conviction that true luxury emerges from experiences, connection, and intention.

In 2021, she sold the hotel at its peak and relocated to California, launching I Am Creation in 2024. This innovative platform translates the message and potent knowledge from creatives, artists, and thought leaders —from neuroscience to design—into immersive art films called “ Living Frames”. 

Fernanda defines luxury as a mindset: an artful synthesis of beauty, wisdom, flow, and purpose, rooted in lived experience rather than mere possession.

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Maya Khalil

Maya Khalil, MSN, FNP-C, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and co-founder of Skinsational Aesthetics, a leading medical spa in Michigan, known for its unique integration of evidence-based aesthetic and wellness services. With a background in step-down and urgent care since 2018, Maya integrates advanced medical expertise into aesthetic medicine, ensuring client safety while delivering beautiful, natural results. Committed to continuous learning, she actively participates in national conferences, hands-on trainings, and stays current with emerging research and innovations. Through Skinsational Aesthetics and Skinsational Academy, Maya also mentors aspiring injectors, elevating industry standards with a focus on anatomy, safety, and ethical practice. Her mission is to empower clients with confidence through personalized aesthetic care while fostering a new generation of knowledgeable, safety-driven aesthetic professionals.

Suphy Kung

Suphy Kung is the founder and CEO of GillyGro, an award-winning brand known for sleek, innovative, and versatile backpacks designed to simplify and elevate modern families’ and travelers’ lives. After a distinguished corporate career—including leadership roles at Tesla, Shanghai Disney Resort, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals—Suphy transitioned into entrepreneurship after a 2019 layoff. She began by selling products on Amazon before launching GillyGro. Suphy holds advanced degrees in human resources development and hotel management, along with certifications in Scrum and Behavioral Interviewing, blending strategic insight with operational expertise.

Suphy believes thoughtfully designed products make daily life smoother and more joyful. “We’re not just building a brand—we’re creating impact, one product and one journey at a time.” She is affiliated with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, serves through Stephen Ministries, and supports low-income families. Fluent in five languages, Suphy is building GillyGro into a global platform for connection and harmony.

Neveen Khalil

Neveen Khalil, MSN, FNP-C, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and co-founder of Skinsational Aesthetics, a leading medical spa in Michigan, known for its focus on safe, natural, and evidence-based results. With a clinical background in urgent care and nursing since 2018, Neveen brings advanced medical expertise to her aesthetic practice. She is committed to staying at the forefront of the industry by consistently attending national conferences, advanced hands-on trainings, and keeping up with the latest research and aesthetic innovations. Her practice philosophy blends medical precision with an artistic approach, ensuring every treatment enhances her clients’ natural beauty while prioritizing safety. Through Skinsational Aesthetics and the Skinsational Academy, Neveen also mentors future injectors, raising industry standards with a strong focus on anatomy, safety, and ethical practice. Her mission is to empower both clients and providers with knowledge, confidence, and high-quality care.

Meryem Elif Bilgili

Meryem Elif Bilgili is a Certified Family Counselor and Play Therapist. By integrating psychology-based early childhood education with interdisciplinary learning systems, she offers preventive and holistic approaches for both children and adults.

As the founder of Bilgili Academy and Bilgili Academy Kids University, she aims to raise psychologically resilient, entrepreneurial-minded individuals who can fully realize their highest potential.

Through her unique Metaphor-Based Science Therapy model—which combines scientific experiments with psychology—she promotes early awareness and inner strength in children.

Her work is rooted in nature-based learning and includes multidisciplinary camps with cultural excursions, as well as mindfulness-based programs that activate the “happy child” mode in adults.

She has pioneered numerous projects in her region, including mindfulness sessions for families with special needs children, Parent School radio broadcasts in collaboration with a university, and innovative practices such as fairy tale therapy, cinematherapy, and museum-based psychoeducation.

Her academy was honored with the International Achievement and Career Award as Turkey’s Most Visionary Education and Consultancy Center.

Allison Lacoursiere

Allison Lacoursiere is a business expansion strategist, high-performance leadership coach, and founder of Clear Coaching LTD—an elite coaching firm helping entrepreneurs scale to 7-figures and beyond with strategy, systems, and soul.
 
Known for her signature fusion of neuroscience, feminine leadership, and business automation, Allison guides high-achieving founders in building empires that create massive impact without sacrificing ease, energy, or alignment. She is an ICF-certified coach, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner, and holds a Certificate in Women in Leadership from the Rotman School of Management.
 
Through her work with She Sells and her proprietary Magnetic Success framework, Allison helps entrepreneurs integrate intuitive decision-making with data-driven strategy, blending the feminine and masculine structures, to unlock quantum growth. Her coaching transforms scattered hustle into streamlined, scalable success—rooted in purpose, powered by precision.
 
A former national athlete turned global thought leader, Allison’s mindset is built for the big leagues—and she coaches clients to lead from that same standard. Whether you’re ready to optimize your business model, elevate your brand, or expand your impact, she’s here to help you build a 7-figure business that feels as good as it looks.

Yoceline Aguilar

Yoceline Aguilar is a bold entrepreneur and operational leader recognized for her impact in healthcare and beauty industries. She founded Bronzify, a luxury spray tanning business known for its commitment to enhancing skin tones through organic solutions. Her services are tailored, professional, and backed by multiple certifications in airbrush contouring, making her a trusted name. 

Yoceline also serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Provider’s Choice, a rapidly growing medical staffing company serving hospital systems across the nation. She oversees daily operations and performance management, helping ensure clinical teams are supported and efficient. 

Driven and deeply people-focused, Yoceline is a woman on the rise. She’s building a multifaceted legacy and inspiring others along the way. Whether it’s with her business or optimizing systems behind the scenes in healthcare, she leads with purpose and precision. This makes her a standout force among the next generation of women reshaping the future of business.

Angela Sofia Vinhas Costa

Angela Costa is a visionary entrepreneur and creator of transformational spaces, dedicated to inspiring meaningful connection and personal growth. An Initiate at the Modern Mystery School, Angela blends spiritual wisdom with practical leadership in all her ventures. Originally rooted in the family-run Caldense Bakery in Toronto, she played an integral role in the business before relocating to Portugal seven years ago. There, she channeled her passion for hospitality and community into founding two thriving ventures: Lote 16 Taberna Petiscos, a vibrant restaurant known for its authentic flavors, and Lugar do Ourives, a boutique hotel offering soulful retreats in a serene setting. Angela’s work is guided by intention, creativity, and a deep respect for human experience—transforming every space she touches into a sanctuary of warmth, beauty, and purpose. Her journey reflects a harmonious fusion of heritage, entrepreneurship, and spiritual evolution.

Sandra Venere

Sandra Venere is the author of 7 Keys to Unlock Your Dream Life, and her most recent book, called “Pain To Power, is available on Amazon. She is a wellness and business coach who runs her own online coaching business, where she helps individuals discover their vision and make decisions that guide them toward their goals and dreams. Sandra also created a digital course called Unlock Your True Potential, which is available on her website.

In addition to her coaching career, Sandra co-ran a successful beauty industry business with her mother and brother, which has since grown into a global company.

Throughout her time in the business, she gained experience in various roles while earning certifications as a nutritionist and personal trainer. She also pursued studies at Seneca College, earning certifications in Psychology and Finance.

With her diverse background, Sandra firmly believes that the key to success or failure lies in the power of the mind. She emphasizes that controlling our beliefs and thoughts is crucial in shaping our outcomes.

Anna Florence Awuah

Anna Awuah is a faith-based content creator who enjoys writing posts and filming videos, sharing her life experiences filtered through her relationship with God, which fuels her very existence. 

Born into a Christian family to a reverend pastor, she grew up with core Christian values, always inquiring about the things of God, through which she tried to understand the world around her. She always lived with compelling conviction in the One who knows her more than she will ever know herself. 

Disaster struck in 2012 when she received the diagnosis of kidney failure, which forced her to start dialysis in 2017, and which she has been on ever since. 

Through her blog, social media posts, and YouTube videos, she sought to reconcile a life full of tribulations with her unwavering faith in her Maker. She believes that everyone was created with a purpose, and she invites you to discover it through her writing as well.

Gina Yarrish 

Gina Yarrish is the visionary founder of Optimal Whole Health & Nutrition (OWHN) and a fierce advocate for holistic healing. After overcoming her own chronic health challenges through whole-food-based solutions, she transformed her journey into a mission: to help others discover the root causes of illness and regain their vitality. As a certified Nutrition Response Testing practitioner, Gina empowers her clients with personalized, natural care that supports the body’s innate ability to heal. Her work challenges the conventional model of symptom management, offering a compassionate, results-driven path to lasting wellness. Through OWHN, Gina is leading a movement that inspires transformation, clarity, and hope, proving that vibrant health isn’t just possible, it’s a choice. 

Veronique Gautherot

Veronique is the founder of Veronique Designs, a jewelry company offering a new concept of Jewelry. Veronique’s dual heritage has helped her to create a unique style inspired by Parisian elegance and the African boldness, the Soul of our creations.

Her journey started in London with buying and selling statement pieces, then beading, and finally the introduction to crystal has changed the trajectory of the business. 

“Love” brought Veronique to Los Angeles. In LA,  Veronique joined a lapidary club and started cutting and polishing crystals. The brand has been growing with a vision of educating people with a new concept of jewelry, challenging the norm of conventional use of gold and diamonds.

Her jewelry empowers, changes the wearer’s perception of themselves, and heals. The pieces bring out emotions from people. They are the embodiment of my Soul and an eventful Life with fluctuating deep emotions. Veronique Designs is in the process of rebranding, transitioning to a luxury brand. Stay tuned!

Montserrat Nava Hurtado

Montserrat Nava Hurtado is a speaker, author, and co-founder and CEO of Balloon, a firm specializing in innovative growth and acquisition models driven by technology and Artificial Intelligence to improve sales and optimize investments in digital media campaigns. She is also the founder of the digital community @connistic, focused on offering comprehensive wellness programs through neuroscience-based technology, which also integrates exclusive content, holistic therapies and therapists, products, and professional experts in areas such as neuroscience, personal development, spirituality, fitness, nutrition, leadership, and coaching.

As a Business Administrator and Expert in Information Technology and its application in marketing, she serves as a mentor for the #EllaHaceHistoria program, where she supports women entrepreneurs in developing successful businesses. A true leader and advocate for women’s empowerment, Montserrat Nava Hurtado is undoubtedly an inspiring figure in the entrepreneurial world.

Tracy-Ann Palmer

Tracy-Ann Palmer, a modern renaissance woman and dynamic entrepreneur, is making waves in 2024. With a remarkable journey from her early days in Zimbabwe to becoming a trailblazer in the corporate world, she now empowers others through her ventures. As the founder and CEO of Corporate Athlete Academy and co-founder of Home Industries, Tracy-Ann’s innovative spirit drives her success. Her recent no. 1 best seller book, “Leadership Navigator: Chart Your Course to Leadership Mastery, Your Mentorship Guide,” provides practical wisdom to all leaders globally. A billboard-charting recording artist and accomplished speaker, Tracy-Ann captivates audiences with her compelling story and actionable insights. Recognized with multiple prestigious awards, including the Stevie Award and CRN Power Women, she continues to push boundaries and inspire change. 

Ashleigh Corrigan

Ashleigh Corrigan, a distinguished top-producing realtor based in Phoenix, AZ, is celebrated for her expertise in luxury and commercial real estate. Recognized as the 2023 & 2024 Best of the Desert Winner, Ashleigh’s dedication and innovative approach have positioned her as a leading figure in the industry. Her impressive clientele includes notable brands such as Dirty Dough Cookies and The Yard Milkshake Bar. With a keen eye for market trends and a commitment to exceptional service, Ashleigh continues to shape the real estate landscape, making her a sought-after expert for both high-end residential and commercial properties.

Myrte Scheffer

Myrte Scheffer went from being a small-town country girl in the Netherlands to an International Business Guide for Social Impact and a Motivational Speaker. Myrte started her first business in 2009 when she was only 23 and never stopped since then. Shown as a high-level GameChanger by The GC Index® – an organic metric that measures the energy that people use to create impact in their business, teams, organizations, and professional environment – she is constantly working on transforming the future. She is further known for her disruptive thinking to leverage opportunities and build innovative ideas that have delivered tremendous growth and positivity.

Myrte is the Founder of GameChangers United (on- and offline and as a Podcast) for entrepreneurs and organizations on a social mission. She helps fondly known ‘Impact Players’ such as, director of the National Football Association, Pepsi Cola, Mercedes-Benz, and global entrepreneurs on a social mission, to create an authentic, sustainable, and successful business.
In her upcoming book “Return to Self”, she describes her own transformational journey with her multi-disabled sister, losing her in 2017, losing her twin babies in 2020, and drawing inspiration from experiences to seize growth. A well-sought global speaker, Myrte speaks about social business and how to transform personal tribulations into a professional power for others.

Pearl Ubaru

Pearl empowers girls, women, and BIPOC students across the country to build confidence and unleash their full academic potential. As an entrepreneur, Pearl applies her unique background in education and data science to support youth in furthering their education. She is the owner of SiSTEM Tutoring, a Houston-based digital tutoring agency providing academic support and mentorship to students in STEM, while also working in tech. Under her leadership, SiSTEM has experienced exponential growth as they entered new markets and increased its workforce significantly throughout 2022.

Through SiSTEM Tutoring, she inspires students with strategies and resources to build foundations for academic success, bridge learning gaps, and navigate career plans. Pearl has also been featured as a speaker at Women in Tech Texas, WonderWomenTech, and Techsgiving, as well as appearing on Linktree’s podcast Beyond the Feed.  Pearl combines her expertise in STEM and education with her passion for serving students to deliver exceptional academic results and make sure students thrive as they enter the workforce.

Ximena Ni

Ximena Ni is a dedicated mind and body coach on a mission to guide women towards transformative healing. Through mindfulness, self-compassion, spirituality, and embracing femininity, she empowers women to embark on a journey of self-discovery and well-being. With a deep understanding that healing can be intricate, Ximena offers coaching programs designed to foster kindness, resilience, and positive change from the inside out. Her values of empathy, authenticity, and empowerment shape every interaction, as she aims to create a safe space for women to heal and thrive. Having once tread the path of extreme fitness and struggles with mental health, Ximena learned that appreciating the mind’s and body’s capabilities and fostering self-compassion are paramount. She is on a mission to help women heal and celebrate the beauty of embracing their uniqueness and nurturing their bodies and souls.

Helen Domina

With over 10 years of industry experience, Helen helps businesses increase conversions and sales with remarkable web design. She also has supported 7+ startups in their product market launch (mobile and web apps, SaaS). She is the founder of her full-cycle product and web design agency THEPRIZM. “Great digital products are created when business goals and user needs are equally thought of,” says Helen about the success formula that her team applies to every project

Helen runs a 30k+ Instagram blog where she shares her path and educational content for design peers. As a Ukrainian refugee and young mother, she had to face bigger challenges in 2022. Helen is empowering female entrepreneurs to stay strong and believe in themselves even in the darkest times.

Final Thoughts

Each of these women is a reminder that entrepreneurship is as much about purpose as it is about performance. They are challenging old models, introducing fresh ideas, and proving that success today is measured not only by growth but by the impact left behind. As 2025 unfolds, their stories will continue to inspire new founders, spark important conversations, and shape industries in ways we are only beginning to see. Keep watching, this is only the start of what they’re set to achieve.