Analysis

January 26, 2022

Female entrepreneurs banked a record number of exits in Europe last year

At least 87 female founders have achieved sizeable exits since 2005 in Europe. Who’s up top? And who’s next in line?


Pernilla Nyrensten, the first woman to ever list on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

2021 was a memorable year for female entrepreneurs. In the US, Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman ever to take a company public — photographed ringing the market bell with her infant son wedged proudly on her hip. 23&me and Spanx also secured exits which made their female CEOs billionaires.

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