The World Economic Forum says it will take 100 years to achieve the global gender gap—investment titan Lubna Olayan says we 'cannot afford' to wait that long

Lubna Olayan broke ground as one of Saudi Arabia’s first female business leaders. Now she’s focused on what comes next, backing a new generation of innovators and entrepreneurs. In this opening conversation, she’ll share insights on the country’s evolving landscape, the value inclusive leadership, and why she believes we’re entering a new era for business – and for women. (Credit: Fortune)

• Lubna Olayan, once the only woman in her family’s Saudi-based conglomerate, reflected on the rapid and welcome progress of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, emphasizing that real change is possible when leaders are committed to it.

For 18 years, Lubna Olayan was the only woman working at her family’s Saudi Arabia-based conglomerate, The Olayan Group, but even she could not have predicted how far women’s rights would have come in her home country in a relatively short period of time.