Category: Women

It’s not every day that we heard about a Malaysian making waves overseas. When we do, it’s really impactful and it serves as an inspiration for many of us. Amazon, Nasa, Tesla and Microsoft are probably some of the few big companies that many dreamed of working with at some point in their lives, but not many get the opportunities to do so.

Many of us may be familiar with the cooking show MasterChef, but we do not necessarily know the winner of the well-known cooking competition. But one thing for sure, whenever a fellow Malaysian made name in an international competition, we are proud of them for their bravery ad success. Such person is Diana Chan. Diana Chan is a Malaysian-born Australian cook. She is the winner of MasterChef Australia for 2017, having defeated Ben Ungermann by one point in the grand finale.

There are many billionaires in the world. According to Forbes’s 35th annual list of the world’s richest, the number of billionaires reached an unprecedented 2,755 people, 660 more than a year ago. Together, they are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion on the 2020 list. For this article, instead of focusing on those famous billionaires who manage to make their way up the list, we are looking at some of the self-made female billionaires who have, through their hard work, sweat and tears, made a massive fortune for themselves.

A few years ago, Marie Kondo became a term associated with tidying up and cleaning. Honestly, back then, I thought Marie Kondo was just a term and not the name of a literal breathing human being. So, let delve into the background of the woman who made cleaning revolutionary.

Mulan is a story about a girl who dressed as a man to join the army in the father stead. With a red dragon and cricket as her cute and loyal sidekicks, she ended up saving China from the Huns’ invasion and ultimately hailed as a hero. Well, that is how the Disney story goes. But the story for the Malaya Hua Mulan is not quite as fairy tale liked as the Disney character. In fact, her story is far from a happy ending.

When Morgan Vague was a senior in biology at Reed College in Oregon, she isolated three bacteria eating plastics. Specifically, they ate plastic called polyethylene terephthalates or PET for short.

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, or as most of us know as Jacinda Ardern, is the prime minister of New Zealand. She has been serving as the prime minister of the country since 2017. She is the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and the leader of Labour Party. Ever since her appointment as the prime minister, she has made headlines across the world through her exceptional leadership skills. In May 2020, Ardern was rated 59.5 per cent as ‘preferred prime minister’ in a Newshub-Reid Research poll, the highest score for any leader in the Reid Research poll’s history.