They are on Forbes Asia's first Emergent 25 list of women making a recent mark in regional enterprises. Elizabeth Gaines, 54, CEO , Fortescue Metals Group – AustraliaGaines is the first woman to run a major Australian publicly listed mining company. Nisaba Godrej, 40, Executive Chairman , Godrej Consumer Products – IndiaGodrej succeeded her father, Adi Godrej, as executive chairman of the 121-year-old Godrej Group’s consumer goods flagship in May 2017, after spearheading a decade of transformation in various roles at the Mumbai outfit. Today Qiming still holds 21% of Zai Lab’s $1.1 billion market capitalization, down from the 25% Leung acquired for $33 million in 2014. Samina Vaziralli, 42, Executive Vice Chairman , Cipla – IndiaIn 2011, Samina Vaziralli, a third-generation scion at Cipla, was being groomed to succeed younger brother.

Source: Forbes May 02, 2018 21:45 UTC