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<p><span style="font-family: KaiTi_GB2312;"> Introduction: A recent article by foreign media stated that globally, only 14 women have personal assets exceeding $1 billion — accounting for merely 2% of all self-made super-rich individuals. Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, is among them.</span><a href='http://www.xingnvlang.cn' target='_blank'>Good Man</a><a href='http://www.xingnvlang.cn' target='_blank'>Woman</a></p>
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<p> When Whitman won the Republican nomination for governor of California on June 8, it marked an achievement for California's first female Republican nominee. It was also the first time a female candidate had invested so much personal wealth into a campaign. According to estimates, the 54-year-old Whitman has a net worth of about $1.3 billion. To date, she has spent over $70 million on her campaign, and reports suggest she is willing to invest just as much more to secure her election.</p>
<p> Such a significant investment is already a risky move, but what is even more surprising is that Whitman actually has so much money to spend. Twelve years ago, Whitman was still a promising female executive with an outstanding career record, having worked at companies such as Procter & Gamble, Disney, and Hasbro. In 1998, she made a bold leap, accepting the position of CEO at eBay, which was then a small tech company with only 30 employees. Her salary was stock in this emerging company.</p>
<p> This decision quickly propelled Whitman into the ranks of the world's 1,011 super-rich individuals. More remarkably, she is one of only 14 self-made female super-billionaires in the world, rather than someone who inherited her wealth. Among these 14 super-billionaires, Wu Yajun from China tops the list with a net worth of $3.9 billion, ranking 232nd on Forbes' March 2010 list of global super-billionaires. In contrast, there are 665 self-made male super-billionaires, including the world's top three richest men: Carlos Slim Helu, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett. (Xiaoran)</p>
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