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PO O R I N N OVAT I ON
After we published our list of America’s 100 most
innovative leaders in September, readers quickly
pointed out a fundamental flaw: It included only
one woman, Ross Stores CEO Barbara Rentler.
Poor oversight and poor methodology led to a
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poor list. We’re pledging to use this feedback on
our mistakes to take active steps to do better.
Among other initiatives, we’re dedicating a section
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F Conversation
@VALERIEJARRETT: “Come on, @Forbes.
If your methodology produced only one
FILTHY RICH? woman out of the 100 most innovative
leaders, obviously you should have
challenged it rather than publishing it.”

@MARCBENIOFF: “Thank you
@Forbes for once again includ-
T enough to qualify for The Forbes 400, for one thing. fortunate to have so many SARAH PECK: “Congratula-
wo billion bucks isn’t what it used to be. It’s not
ing me on your innovative-
leader list. We are very
tions to those named on the
Our 38th annual tally of America’s wealthiest people
list. Let’s hope next year
counted a record 221 billionaires (including boldface high-quality innovators in our brings recognition of female
industry. We need much more
names Michael Jordan, Kylie Jenner and Jay-Z) female representation on this contributors. It’s hard to
list—especially in the top 10!” believe that only men are
who aren’t rich enough to earn admission to the club. (The cut - ‘creative and successful
off: $2.1 billion.) Members’ average fortune was $7.4 billion, up business minds.’ ”
$200 million from a year ago. An election is coming, and so is the
@HERMINIAIBARRA:
inevitable backlash. Tweeted Americans for Tax Fairness, “If the “It’s worth learning from
staggering gap between the rich and the rest of us, as so perfectly how the @Forbes ‘innovative
leader’ list ended up with
illustrated by The Forbes 400, isn’t a reason to begin a #WealthTax
only 1 woman on it, because
in this country, we don’t know what is.” Taking the opposite view that is how gender bias
was Kendell Angeleson LinkedIn: “#Forbes400 is a true inspiration, happens. The list was derived
using ‘objective,’ quantified
a collection of Americans we should all strive to be like.” criteria. The aim was scien-
tific. But those criteria are
highly subject to bias.”

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