Over 50

If you’re a human being, you’ve likely felt like an impostor at one time or another.

With this year’s Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups list, we’re looking for companies like alumni DoorDash, Benchling and Alchemy in their nascent days.

At the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Winn and Al Said shared their experiences overcoming stigma and shame, and how on the other side they’ve been able to drive change.

Speaking at the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi Monday, supermodel Paulina Porizkova, TikTok star Loren Gray, and Britney Spears’ manager Cassie Petrey talked about how they became accidental influencers and how authenticity is the new social media strategy.

Nominations are open for the seventh annual Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups list. Let us know who we should consider.

A longtime OB-GYN whose clinical career was ended by a devastating back injury, 50 Over 50 listee Dr. Laura Stachel reconfigured herself as a social entrepreneur—one whose nonprofit, We Care Solar, is using solar electricity to make births safer around the world.

Four years into my 50s, I wish my younger self could have conjured what I see now. Women over 50 are achieving their best success after 50. Rather than just hanging on, experience and wisdom now mean our most productive days are in front of us.

Meet our inaugural class of entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists and creators who, after the age of 50, are achieving their greatest accomplishments and making their biggest impact. Together, they embody a new movement of women who reject the idea that the most dynamic part of life is the first half.

As part of our regular segment on “Morning Joe” highlighting women over the age of 50 who are changing the world, Forbes and Know Your Value want to shine a light on the women who have broken barriers in foreign policy, fighting for seats at some of the most important tables in history.