Good morning! Three states are working to limit access to abortion pills, Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand is expected to do more than $100 million in sales this year, and here are the highlights from Luck’The most powerful women’s summit
– Power play. Hello! It’s been an exciting week at the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. To those who joined us in Laguna Niguel, California, thank you for being there. It’s been a pleasure spending time with you and hearing about your incredible work, from the largest companies to early-stage startups to women making a difference outside of work. business.
We’ve shared some highlights in this newsletter—from Lizzo And Cameron Diaz and Katherine Power’s Avaline to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and GM director married Barra.
Before the week ends, here are other things we learned in Laguna:
Every Mother Counts founder Christy Turlington Burns and Moms First founder Reshma Saujani (who has a new podcast for women in midlife!) delve into the ways Policy failures related to child care and maternal health are weighing heavily on working parents.
Fannie Mae CEO Priscilla Almodovár speak The “confidence gap” is limiting women’s potential as homeowners.
Fearless Foundation founder Arian Simone and Hello Alice co-founder Elizabeth Gore united when both of their businesses were sued in anti-affirmative action lawsuits funded by Stephen Miller’s America First. The two women (and their business) overcame those challenges and urge companies don’t give up on DEI—even if it means calling those efforts something else on the P&L.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal is developing AI policy for the Biden-Harris administration and she there is a problem with Tesla: its technology identifies all pedestrians as white men.
Artemis Patrick, CEO of Sephora North America, speak the beauty retailer is intentionally at the center of trends on TikTok and Instagram — and it takes strategy.
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WNBA legend and current Seattle Storm co-owner Sue Bird speak that athletes are great candidates for businesses because of skills like teamwork and perseverance.
Halle Berry began advocating for better research and treatment for menopause after being misdiagnosed with herpes. She there is a new company called Respin and lobbied Congress for menopause funding.
Hollywood producer Debra Martin Chase is behind classics like Princess Diary And The sisterhood of the travel pants. But she almost gave up about her business after she was unable to get projects that featured women of color.
Thanks so much for following along this year. We’ll be back to regular programming next week!
Emma Hinchliffe
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ALSO IN THE TITLE
– Review restrictions. Missouri, Kansas and Idaho are pushing to limit access to abortion pills and bring restrictions back to where they were before the FDA eased them in 2016 and 2021. In June, the Supreme Court agreed to uphold right to access medicine. AP
– On Rhode’s way to success. Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand Rhode shared that it expects to bring in more than $100 million in revenue this year thanks to its online direct-to-consumer business. The company, which Bieber founded in 2022, has also seen its social media following skyrocket, with a 136.1% year-over-year growth in TikTok followers ( over 1 million) for the period ending June 2024. WWD
– Broadcast ball B. Unrivaled Women’s Professional Basketball League has signed an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to broadcast games on TNT Sports and truTV and stream on Max; Terms of the multi-year agreement were not disclosed. WNBA players Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier co-founded a new three-on-three league in 2023. CNBC
– During her publishing era. Taylor Swift‘Her recently announced Eras Tour commemorative book will be published under her own new label called Taylor Swift Publications. Without a traditional publisher, Swift will receive a larger share of the book market‘revenue of. Taylor Swift | Modern travel books will be sold exclusively at Target. Business insiders
MOVING MACHINERY AND SHAKING MACHINE
Narvar, a post-purchase information platform, is named Anisa Kumar CEO. She was previously the company’s chief customer officer.
Nayya, a benefits information platform, is appointed Sarah Liebel as president and chief executive officer. Most recently, she was president and chief growth officer at BetterUp.
Mars, a provider of pet care products and veterinary services, is appointed Nefertiti Greene Global president of Mars veterinary health and Katie Devine as global president of the scientific and diagnostics division. Most recently, Greene served as chair of Mars science and diagnostics. Devine served as president of general pharmaceuticals for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico at Johnson & Johnson.
Satisfy, a specified, composable content platform Elizabeth Maxson as marketing director. Most recently, Maxson was CMO at Tableau.
Veeam, a data recovery company, is named Lucy Hur Chief of the People’s Office. She most recently served as director of human resources at Slalom.
ON MY RADAR
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FAREWELL WORDS
“Every woman needs to join this AI movement by adopting AI early.”
— Lan Guan, director of AI at Accenture, above The importance of women in the AI era
