Luiza Trajano, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Magazine Luiza, was chosen as one of the 25 most influential women of 2021 by the British newspaper Financial Times on Thursday (2). She is the only Brazilian selected.
On the list, Trajano is defined as one of Brazil’s most notable businesswomen and social leaders, considered an inspiration to entrepreneurs everywhere — even though she is not well known outside the country, which, according to the newspaper, she should be. .
Trajano’s work on social issues involving gender and race equality was highlighted. The Financial Times says it is all the more notable because of social inequality in Brazil, where “the business elite is often accused of living in a bubble.”
The newspaper also highlights its history in entrepreneurship. Trajano started working at the age of 17 in the family’s shoe store, in the city of Franca (SP), and transformed the retail business into one of the greatest powers in Latin America. According to the newspaper, the Magazine Luiza group is valued at more than US$ 10 billion (R$ 56.1 billion) and employs more than 40 thousand employees.
The presentation is signed by Gillian Tett, chairman of the Financial Times editorial board.
The Women of the Year selection is made annually with the aim of celebrating not only the influence, but the achievements of women in different parts of the world.
This year, the biographies were written by personalities such as Jane Fraser, Christine Lagarde, Elizabeth Warren, Billie Jean King, Malala and Greta Thunberg.
The list is divided into three categories: leaders, heroines and breeders.
In the section on leaders, for which Trajano was nominated, appears the Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the WTO (World Trade Organization) and the American politician Nancy Pelosi, president of the Chamber of the United States.
As creators, actress Scarlett Johansson and producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, both from the US, were chosen, in addition to Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao.
Among the heroines, the newspaper named data scientist Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who released company documents to the press after leaving her post in May this year and gave rise to the so-called Facebook Papers.
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