Carly Fiorina: Tough Choices

Carly Fiorina, being dropped out from UCLA Law School, worked as a temporary shipping clerk at HP and later as a receptionist at Marcus & Millichap.

SO WHAT!

In July 1999, Carly Fiorina became the first woman to be the CEO for any blue-chip company when she was appointed as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard. She was also enlisted as the most powerful woman in the business world, from 1999 to 2004, by the Fortune magazine.