25 Hottest Women of Business

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24. Julie Smolyansky


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Business Accomplishments: CEO and President of natural foods powerhouse Lifeway Foods.

It’s hard to tell whether Julie Smolyansky is a model for Lifeway Foods commercials, or its CEO and President. In fact, she looks like one, but does a stellar job actually being the other. This thirty-something dynamo took her CEO post in 2002, and has since then focused on expanding the company’s natural foods line substantially. On her company bio, it says that this founder’s daughter’s “…success is the result of good genes and solid training.” We can hang with that.

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24. Julie Smolyansky

Written by Jeff Springer

Jeff Spring is the Finance & Markets Editor at BusinessPundit.com. He's currently spending his days backpacking across Europe. While he may be living outside of the United States, he stays connected to American financial markets and M&A's more than is probably healthy for any single person. His love of a good book and a Bloomberg terminal can't be understated.