For decades, the billionaire club was dominated by male entrepreneurs. But American women are on the rise, with self-made billionaire females rewriting the rules and proving that business success isn’t a man’s game. From entrepreneurs to entertainers and business tycoons, a new Ooma graphic shows that no single playbook leads to billionaire status. The time these women took to achieve their wealth also defies the stereotype that women’s prospects dwindle with age. While Lucy Guo became the youngest self-made female billionaire at age 30, she’s bookended by Alice Schwartz’s slow but steady accumulation, leading to billionaire status at age 98.
