Each year, we reach out to you, our readers, and ask you to nominate a woman franchisor who has gone above and beyond her business’s expectations and has inspired you the most. This year, results left us awestruck. We had more nominations than ever before!

Welcome to our third annual edition of WOW: 50 Women of Wonder

Each year, we reach out to you, our readers, and ask you to nominate a woman franchisor who has gone above and beyond her business’s expectations and has inspired you the most. This year, results left us awestruck. We had more nominations than ever before!

The franchise industry is growing exponentially with female franchisors and franchisees. We are thrilled to highlight those you nominated and are excited to share this edition with you.

Sit back, relax, and peruse the next several pages, which are a culmination of the top-50 nomination results. You will read about pioneers who were chosen for breaking barriers, trailblazers who have created a path into business ownership for others, and innovators who bring goods or services to meet their communities’ needs – all powerful women who work non-stop to reach success. Their stories are brought to you by colleagues, employees and friends, and each description listed is written by those who nominated them.

We are proud to say that we will be donating a portion of the proceeds from this issue to the Susan G. Komen organization.

Without further ado, here are the 2021 winners of the third annual edition of WOW: 50 Women of Wonder.