Description
In 2006, Fortune and the U.S. State Department launched the Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. The program brings rising-star women from developing countries to the U.S. each May to shadow participants of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. We then follow them as they “pay it forward” back in their home countries. The program begins with an orientation in Washington, D.C., where mentees interface with women leaders in government, business, academic, civil society and the media. Participants then relocate to the offices of a top American female executive for an onsite mentorship assignment, in which each woman shadows their mentor and learns from the best practices of their host company. At the end of the mentorship, mentees reconvene in New York City to collectively reflect on their experience and discuss the future trajectory of their leadership path. Goldman Sachs partners with Fortune.com to compile an annual list - Fortune's Most Powerful Women - which Fortune has published since 1997. It also publishes an international edition, which it has since 2000. The Most Powerful Women in Business list is compiled by Fortune editors, who consider four criteria: the size and importance of the woman’s business in the global economy, the health and direction of the business, the arc of the woman’s career (résumé and runway ahead), and social and cultural influence.Details
Name of Primary Programme Goldman Sachs | Fortune Global Women Leaders Network |
Numbers of programme participants annually 25 - 250 |
Telephone Number - alternate + 1 212 522 3651 |
Programme Type Leadership Mentorship Programme |
Region from which participants are selected Northern Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa |
Organisation website |
Programme Funders Government, Corporate |
Region of programme delivery North America |
Programme Contact email kerri.chyka@meredith.com |
Government funding US Department of State |
Offering women's-only programmes Women's-only |
Country of operation South Africa |
Corporate funders Deloitte; Guardian; Hermanmiller; Insigniam; Salesforce; Toyota; TPG; NYSE; GINZA TOKYO; Fortune |
Are programmes continuing? Yes |
Organisation Name Goldman Sachs | Fortune |
Programme Start Date 2006 |
Telephone Number + 1 212 522 3651 |
Leadership organisation location
Goldman St, Florida, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa