Women from emerging markets shine in '500' list

STOCKHOLM - From a Peruvian trout farm manager to the head of an Indonesian meatball company, a list of 500 women entrepreneurs in emerging markets was launched on June 8 to challenge the stereotype of a typical company boss and to inspire women globally.

The "Foundation 500" list features the portraits and careers of 500 female entrepreneurs in 11 emerging markets, where women are often refused the same access to education, financial services and bank loans as men.

The list, an initiative of humanitarian agency CARE and the nonprofit H&M Foundation, is inspired by the Fortune 500 list of US companies but highlights unusual chief executives, ranging from a Zambian woman who set up a mobile drugstore to a woman in Jordan who set up a temporary tattoo studio.