View the list: A-CLena Apler-72 | Founder-Chair, Collector Bank | SwedenApler is the founder and chair of Collector Bank, the consumer arm of the Swedish bank of the $424 million revenue Norion Bank Group. Collector offers individual and business clients credit cards, savings accounts and personal loans. Apler is also the cofounder of Nätverket 17, a startup geared towards helping women to build companies. With more than 30 years of experience in financial services, she was named the fifth most important businesswoman in Northern Europe by the Nordic Business Forum in 2015. She began writing crime novels in her mid-30s while still working as co-director of an archaeological site as a way to balance her professional life with something more enjoyable.

Source: Forbes January 15, 2024 07:01 UTC