In support of celebrations worldwide of female entrepreneurs, HSBC Private Bank is releasing a feature video of inspiring female business owners recounting their personal stories to entrepreneurial success.

The video will feature successful entrepreneurs from all over the world ranging from Caroline Pugh, co-founder of VirtualU in Washington D.C. to Fatima Al Shirawi of The Gracious F in Dubai. It aims to provide an insight into the careers and entrepreneurial journeys these female entrepreneurs have been through.

The full list of entrepreneurs featured includes:

  • Caroline Pugh, Chief of Staff, NavHealth (Washington D.C., USA), a tech startup that develops 3D scanning technology and was named in Entrepreneur magazine’s ‘15 female Entrepreneurs to watch in 2015’.
  • Masoom Minawala, CEO of Style Fiesta (Mumbai, India) – who founded the company when she was just 23, making her one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India
  • Fatima Al Shirawi, founder of The Gracious F (Dubai, UAE) – who set up the lifestyle brand
  • Sylvia Yin, co-founder of shopping app Shoppr (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) who was named in Forbes’ ‘30 under 30 Asia’ 2016 list
  • Anna Carin-Nordin, founder of Hotel Anthropologist (Madrid, Spain) – who set up the hospitality consulting and management business for the hotel industry after a career in the luxury hotel sector that took her to all parts of Europe

Stuart Parkinson, Chief of Staff at HSBC Private Bank said, “According to our latest Essence of Enterprise research, female entrepreneurs make up 33 % of the entrepreneur population worldwide. Women across the world are launching and operating new enterprises at an ever faster pace. Today we’d like to celebrate these female entrepreneurs by sharing the inspiring stories of five business owners.”

You can read the full 2016 Essence of Enterprise report and view the infographics here.

The video will be available on: Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and on hsbcprivatebank.com. #entrepreneurs, #WomenWoW

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HSBC Private BankOlivia Weiss, 212-545-5081olivia.x.weiss@us.hsbc.com

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