Women On Top: Ten Self-Made Female Billionaires

Meg Whitman

Age: 55 Country: United States Worth: $1.4 Background: This native New Yorker has come a long way from Long Island.  After garnering degrees at Princeton and Harvard Business, Meg Whitman worked her way up the corporate ladder until she became President and CEO of Ebay. She transformed Ebay from a small, 30-person company into an organization that earned $8 billion in annual revenue. Her recent, failed political run as the Republican candidate for Governor of California cost her over $144 million, the largest amount ever spent by an American candidate. But what's a few million to a billionaire?  She'll be back on that horse (or elephant?) in no time. [Meg Whitman, Photo via]