Chicago Booth Women Look Forward

Shelby Wenner: There's so much that makes me hopeful about the future of women in the business world. I think the more that women are able to shine and their ideas are able to grow, the better we're all going to be at the end.

Temitope Mafe: What makes me most hopeful about the future of women in business is the hunger I see in women today.

Adriana Diaz: What makes me hopeful for the future of women in business is this increased pipeline of women entering the workforce.

Imah Effiong: So what we're seeing now is like women at a certain level kind of reaching back and really pulling other women up behind them.

Jennifer LaBarge: In my time at Booth, actually, the fact that I'm surrounded by so many smart, accomplished women, they have no desire to stop and they're like extremely competent and confident

Winifred Awolope: In the coming years, you'll have more women CFOs, you'll have more women CEOs. That's the future I wanna live in. And I'm happy that business schools, for example, are taking up that challenge and encouraging more women to apply.

Azizah Mohamed: I am hopeful that the future women in business brings more diverse teams and better representation to help reduce the gender pay gap

Zeynep Duran: In the future, we will not be talking about the gender in business, but merit and competence only

Angie Tse: My daughter is 10 years old. She's now learning how to build an app. Within two days, she can build a version of the app herself. Young girls these days are really given a lot of opportunities to help them to build up their confidence

Angel Chia: We exchange ideas. We cheer each other on. When I see all of these examples, I'm encouraged. I'm hopeful.