The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

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Katrina Lake

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Katrina Lake, founder and chief executive officer of Stitch Fix Inc., smiles during the 2018 Makers Conference in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. The event gathers industry leading females for roundtable discussions to help inspire the women of tomorrow. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPatrick T. Fallon—Bloomberg via Getty images
  • Title
    CEO
  • Affiliation
    StitchFix

As CEO of personal styling service Stitch Fix, Lake has quietly changed the game for women in corporate America. In 2017, at 34, she became the youngest female founder ever to take a company public. Stitch Fix’s board and workforce are majority female. And Lake last year set a trailblazing example by taking a substantial parental leave—16 weeks—while serving as a public-company CEO.