Forbes Release Fifth Annual '50 Over 50' List, Featuring Women Who Are Defying Age And Gender Barriers

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Forbes "50 Over 50" 2025 List Halle Berry photographed by Cliff Watts for Forbes; Maria Shriver and Freada Kapor Klein photographed by Rebecca Miller for Forbes; Suma Krishnan photographed by Jamel Toppin for Forbes
NEW YORK, NY – July 30, 2025 – Today, Forbes has unveiled its 2025 '50 Over 50' list, along with Know Your Value and its founder Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe . Now in its fifth year, the annual list includes a cohort of 200 women who have not only achieved great strides in their careers, but who are creating their greatest professional impact after the age of 50.
The list covers four different categories – lifestyle, impact, innovation and investment – that shine a light on the entrepreneurs, innovators and artists who are achieving impact at scale, and doing so in the second half of their lives.
This year's 50 Over 50 list features powerful women who are making monumental strides in society through their initiatives and leadership including Ellie Hollander (Impact category), President & CEO, Meals on Wheels, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (Innovation), actress Julie Andrews (Lifestyle) and Colette Kress, CFO of NVIDIA (Investment).
'The 2025 50 Over 50 list demonstrates the ways in which women can make their greatest professional impact in their sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth decades of life,' says Maggie McGrath, editor, ForbesWomen. 'This year's list in particular stands out in the way that the work represented touches every corner of America; these women are actively working to make the country better than they found it, whether through making our financial system more equitable or finding biotech breakthroughs for rare disease. Their resilience reminds us that success and innovation have no age limit.'
'This year's list proves that we're not just shining a light on a few special women, but tapping into a groundswell of powerful, impactful and simply remarkable women who are reaching their highest heights and then continuing to do so well after the age of 50,' says Mika Brzezinski, founder of Know Your Value and co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe . 'I could not be more proud of how this list is growing on a global level and is creating a community that is setting the standard for younger women — showing them the way down that long runway of opportunity.'
This year's list also includes:
● Halle Berry, (Lifestyle) – the first, and so far only, Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress, is now focusing on women's health at 58 with her company Respin, a menopause-focused health care company.
● Maria Shriver, (Impact) – after seeing her father suffer from Alzheimer's, Shriver founded the Women's Alzheimer's Movement in 2010 to better study the gender disparities in brain disease. Today, at 69, Shriver is continuing to grow the foundation, which became a part of the Cleveland Clinic in 2022. Shriver is also the founder of Shriver Media and this year published a best-selling book, 'I Am Maria.'
● Freada Kapor Klein, (Investment) – Kapor Klein, and husband Mitch Kapor, started Kapor Capital in 1999 and, in 2011, changed its strategy to invest exclusively in social mission–oriented startups. At 72, her firm has 138 active investments and $224 million in assets under management. In the last three years, seven of its portfolio companies have reached unicorn status.
● Suma Krishnan, (Innovation) – Krishnan was in her late 40s when she had the idea for a topical gene therapy to treat a rare skin disorder called dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and later went on to cofound and self-fund Krystal Biotech. Today, at 60, Krishnan's company is worth more than $4 billion (market cap) and has one FDA-approved therapy on the market, with others in the works.
Additional feature stories running within the 50 Over 50 package include:
● At 81, Kelly Bishop Is Still Reinventing Herself
● How Halle Berry Became The New Face Of Menopause
● Vanna White Is Television's Most Unshakable Star
● How This Founder Turned A Crocs-Inspired Tote Into A $100 Million Business
Produced in partnership with Mika Brzezinski's Know Your Value, Brzezinski will share more on this year's 50 Over 50 list this morning during Morning Joe on MSNBC.
To celebrate this year's list, Forbes and Mika Brzezinski's Know Your Value will host its 2025 invite-only 50 Over 50 Celebratory Luncheon in the fall. The luncheon will convene the list members, business executives, culture leaders and more to an in-person gathering featuring connection, merriment, inspiration and intimate conversations with fellow list honorees.
In 2026, Forbes and Know Your Value will be hosting its fifth annual 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi coinciding with International Women's Day, honoring women list makers from the Forbes 50 Over 50 and 30 Under 30 lists. The immersive event, led by Mika Brzezinski, Huma Abedin and Maggie McGrath, will bring together dynamic women from both platforms for the opportunity to create cross-generational alliances and provide guidance and insights to women at every stage of their career, while also offering diverse perspectives and rich cultural immersion.
For information about the 2026 event and to receive updates about next year's summit, please visit 2026 Forbes 30/50 Summit.
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