13 Women Who Didn’t Hit Their Stride Until They Were In Their 40s
and have to fight their way through workplace inequities as they find their paths—great success often comes later.Below, our 13 over 40: successful women who hit it big in their 40s—and beyond.Who holds the keys to Tinder, OkayCupid, and Hinge? A 29-year-old tech bro? Nope, it’s Sharmistha “Shar” Dubey, the 50-something . She worked her way up through the company for over a decade, the launch of Tinder Gold when she was in her late 40s. Of course she did—it takes wisdom earned throughout the years to come up with something so brilliant and diabolical as getting people to pay to see who likes them.Angeline Boulley published her first novel, a young adult coming-of-age thriller called The Firekeeper’s Daughter, at 55.