
Leveraging Aging
Forbes 2025 “50 Over 50” list celebrates women who are seeing their greatest impact in the second half of their lives. The annual roster features innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and inventors. As Forbes notes, these women “are using the wisdom and confidence earned from age to leave the world better than they found it.” See who’s on the list.

Your Age Could Be Your Edge
Katerina Stroponiati is a venture capitalist with a unique approach to investing. Her singular - and contrarian - criterion for funding early-stage tech companies? Founders must be at least 50 years old. Stroponiati believes that wisdom, experience, connections, and credibility – characteristics most often associated with older professionals – are the intangibles critical to successful launches. Read more about her Brilliant Minds fund, and key research that supports her approach.