Lady bosses of Shanghai: Dora Ke, founder of Her Century

Real talk: just existing in this world with XX chromosomes is some kind of victory. But then there are those unstoppable wonder women blazing trails and changing the game who have us all awestruck. Our column ‘Lady bosses of Shanghai’ looks at a few of the many brilliant women totally killing it in the city we call home. Take notes on general female badassery with: Dora Ke.

When asked what she thinks is the importance of women helping other women, Dora Ke laughs, ‘Well, no one else is helping us.’ She’s only half-joking, though. Ke started Her Century, a women’s mentoring network, to fill what she thought was a lack of people encouraging young women to pursue bold goals, to take risks and explore what they’re capable of.

Ke is an explorer herself, having wandered off the traditional route – university, a stable job, marriage, kids and the rest. With her MBA and psychology masters, Ke works in career development at IE Business School, while pursuing social enterprise with Singularity University, Startup Weekend and of course Her Century. Education is her main means of exploration, with her own bottomless reading list spanning from culture and history to blockchain, AI and more.

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