Liz Elting Talks Language, Leadership, and Lifting Up Women
In this episode of the Girls That Create podcast, host Erin Prather Stafford sits down with Liz Elting. Elting is a founder of the language solutions company TransPerfect, an advocate for women’s career advancement and bestselling author. They discuss Elting’s entrepreneurial journey, love for languages and gender equality in the workplace.
Elting’s passion for languages is not just a personal hobby; it’s a cornerstone of her professional success. Living and studying in countries like Portugal allowed her to immerse herself in different languages and cultures, an experience she credits with sparking her linguistic passion and shaping her career.
As the founder of the world’s largest language solutions company, TransPerfect, Elting is no stranger to the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship. She emphasized the importance of taking risks, being ambitious, and maintaining financial independence.
She also highlights the significant barriers women still face in the business world. Despite progress, there’s still a long way to go in achieving gender parity, especially in senior management and board positions. Elting stresses the need for more senior-level women to promote and support other women through policies that address issues like motherhood and career advancement.
More About Liz Elting
After living, studying, and working in five countries across the globe, Elting founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 and served as Co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world’s largest language solutions company, with over $1.2 billion in revenue and offices in more than 140 cities worldwide.
Today, Elting is the founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, which is committed to promoting progressive and feminist efforts to eradicate systemic barriers, promote public health and education.
Elting has been recognized as a NOW Woman of Power & Influence, American Express and Entrepreneur magazine’s Woman of the Year, and one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women every year since the list’s inception. She is also the bestselling author of Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business and a contributing author to Forbes.
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