10,000 Women

Entrepreneur assistance program thumb|right|10,000 Women Logo 10,000 Women is a program organized by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation with the goal of helping to grow local economies by providing business education, mentoring and networking, and access to capital to underserved women entrepreneurs globally.http://www.10000women.org/PDFs/10000Women_PressRelease.pdf GOLDMAN SACHS LAUNCHES 10,000 WOMEN Goldman Sachs 2008-03-05 2009-03-18 Krothen https://web.archive.org/web/20110724202806/http://www.10000women.org/PDFs/10000Women_PressRelease.pdf 2011-07-24 live http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40087&Itemid=8 Goldman Sachs Welcomes First Japanese Partner to 10,000 Women The Financial 2009-06-13 2009-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100223214103/http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40087&Itemid=8 2010-02-23 The program was announced on March 5, 2008, at Columbia University.http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/mar2008/bs2008035_271887.htm $100 Million for 10,000 Women Damast Alison BusinessWeek 2008-03-05 2009-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20090522120212/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/mar2008/bs2008035_271887.htm 2009-05-22 dead http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4761134.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20090701110345/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4761134.ece dead July 1, 2009 Lewis Carol The 10,000 Women initiative 2008-09-16 2009-03-19 The Times London The initiative is one of the largest philanthropic projects the bank has been involved with. https://www.ft.com/content/fefb1fd6-eb09-11dc-a5f4-0000779fd2ac Goldman in $100m drive to educate women White Ben New York Financial Times 2008-03-06 2009-03-19 The program was in its initial years run by Dina Habib Powell, a managing director at Goldman Sachs. Asahi Pompey, President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, has led the program since 2019.Progress Report: IFC, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Deploy $1.45B to Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets https://www.goldmansachs.com/pressroom/press-releases/2019/ifc-gs-announcement-one-point-four-five-billion https://web.archive.org/web/20251206174703/https://www.goldmansachs.com/pressroom/press-releases/2019/ifc-gs-announcement-one-point-four-five-billion 2025-12-06 2026-02-09 www.goldmansachs.com en-US live The program was continuing in 2022;10,000 Women Goldman Sachs n.d. 3 March 2022 https://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000women/ Goldman Sachs published a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on female entrepreneursfrom the viewpoint of the 10,000 Women program.https://www.gsam.com/content/gsam/us/en/institutions/market-insights/gsam-connect/2021/Womenomics.html Womenomics: COVID-19's Impact on Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses Alumni Goldman Sachs 15 June 2021 Award process As part of the program, Goldman Sachs committed US$100 million in funding and partnered universities in Europe and the United States with business schools in developing and emerging economies. https://money.cnn.com/2008/03/11/news/companies/goldman_women_philanthropy.fortune/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080315075619/http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/11/news/companies/goldman_women_philanthropy.fortune/index.htm dead March 15, 2008 Goldman sees gold in helping women CNNMoney.com 2008-03-12 2009-06-14 Marc Guntherhttps://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/03/06/if-its-good-for-goldman-sachs-its-good-for-the-world/ If It's Good for Goldman, It's Good for the World The Wall Street Journal 2008-03-06 Kelly Kate 2009-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080311002709/http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/03/06/if-its-good-for-goldman-sachs-its-good-for-the-world/ 2008-03-11 live Vital Voices presented the 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award at its annual Global Leadership Awards event from 2009 to 2011.Past Global Leadership Awards http://www.vitalvoices.org/global-initiatives/past-global-leadership-awards Vital Voices: Women Vital Voices: Global Partnership 22 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20161027171231/http://www.vitalvoices.org/global-initiatives/past-global-leadership-awards 2016-10-27 dead The award was given to a graduate of the 10,000 Women program, sponsored by Goldman Sachs. Past recipients include Temituokpe Esisi of Nigeria (2009),Temituokpe Esisi http://www.vitalvoices.org/vital-voices-women/featured-voices/temituokpe-esisi Vital Voices: Women Vital Voices: Global Partnership 22 May 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140622054421/http://www.vitalvoices.org/vital-voices-women/featured-voices/temituokpe-esisi dead Andeisha Farid of Afghanistan (2010)Andeisha Farid http://www.vitalvoices.org/vital-voices-women/featured-voices/andeisha-farid Vital Voices: Women Vital Voices: Global Partnership 22 May 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140622052225/http://www.vitalvoices.org/vital-voices-women/featured-voices/andeisha-farid dead and Fatema Akbari of Afghanistan (2011).Fatema Akbari http://www.vitalvoices.org/node/1564 https://web.archive.org/web/20110425054026/http://www.vitalvoices.org/node/1564 dead 25 April 2011 Vital Voices: Women Vital Voices Global Partnership 22 May 2014 In September 2013, Goldman Sachs launched a public Twitter presence for the 10,000 Women program using the screen name @GS10KWomen. In December 2015 the account had over 39,000 followers. Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility In March 2014, the World Bank's International Finance Corporation and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program launched a $600 million financing program called the Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility to allow 100,000 women entrepreneurs in emerging markets to have access to financing.Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility (IFC WEOF) https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/bf/focus-areas/bf-sme/bf-weof IFC - International Finance Corporation 15 May 2022 IFC invested an initial $100 million in the program, and Goldman Sachs Foundation provided $32 million,https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/03/05/600-billion-credit-program-aims-to-encourage-female-entrepreneurs/ $600 Million Credit Program Aims to Encourage Female Entrepreneurs Wall Street Journal 5 March 2014 Talley Ian with an additional $486 million expected from public and private investors.Douglas Danielle https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/goldman-floats-world-bank-50-million-for-fund-to-help-women-entrepreneurs/2014/03/05/16ea6e80-a49f-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html Goldman floats World Bank $50 million for fund to help women entrepreneurs The Washington Post 2014-03-05 2022-06-08 Academic partners 30em American University of Afghanistan American University of Beirut American University in Cairo Asian University for Women Babson College Birla Institute of Management Technology Brown University Columbia Business School Cuttington University Fundação Dom Cabral Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo Harvard Business School http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/goldmansachs.html HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL JOINS 10,000 WOMEN Harvard Business School Parke Kerry 2008-03-05 2009-03-19 Georgetown University/U.S. Afghan Women’s Council HEC Paris IE Business School IESE Business School Indian School of Business INSEAD (France and Singapore campuses) Judge Business School and Cambridge Assessment Group at the University of Cambridge London Business School MIT Sloan School of Management Mills College Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Özyegin University Center for Entrepreneurship (Turkey) Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria School of Finance and Banking, Rwanda Saïd Business School Stanford Graduate School of Business Strathmore University, Kenya Symbiosis Institute of International Business Thunderbird School of Global Management Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management United States International University, Kenya University of Asia and the Pacific University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business University of Dar es Salaam University of Leeds Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Yale School of Public Health Zhejiang University See also 10,000 Small Businesses References External links 10,000 Women Category:Goldman Sachs