Bold Woman Award Germany 2025

Since its inception in 1972, the Bold Woman Award by Veuve Clicquot has established the platform as the ultimate accolade highlighting female founders and CEO’s globally.

Now in its 53rd year, the award stands as the longest-running international recognition of female entrepreneurship. In Germany, it continues to honour outstanding women in business who redefine leadership and drive meaningful change.

Bold by Veuve Clicquot champions and elevates the voices of female leaders—empowering the next generation to be even bolder in shaping the future of business.

Bold Woman Award

The Bold Woman Award honours exceptional and audacious women who have demonstrated both institutional and personal success.

Discover below the Bold Woman Award winner

Miriam Wohlfarth

Miriam Wohlfarth

BANXWARE

Miriam Wohlfarth is Co-CEO and co-founder of Banxware, a Berlin-based fintech that has been offering embedded finance solutions.

She is a co-author of the Spiegel bestseller Zukunftsrepublik and has received numerous awards – including Top Voice at LinkedIn, "Person of the Year 2022" by Handelsblatt, and one of the 100 most influential women in business by Manager Magazin.

Bold Future Award

The Bold Future Award celebrates inspirational and ambitious up-and-coming female entrepreneurs.

Discover below the Bold Future Award winner

Stephanie Pfeil-Coenen

PHAEOSYNT

Stephanie Pfeil-Coenen is the founder and CEO of Phaeosynt, a biotech startup founded in 2021 that produces plant-based antibodies using diatoms – as a sustainable, animal-free alternative to animal-based diagnostics.

For her commitment, she received the Digital Female Leader Award 2024 in the Sustainability category.

Stephanie Pfeil-Coenen

Bold by Veuve Clicquot,
a program designed for impact

Bold by Veuve Clicquot becomes a program redesigned for more inclusion, more impact, and more international visibility. A program structured around key phases throughout the year, around the world, with the Bold Woman Award at the heart of it all (previously known as the Business Woman Award).

This award will continue to highlight women entrepreneurs, make them visible and give them a voice. Our mission? To identify the Role Models of today and tomorrow. The women who inspire through their own journeys. The women whose names will become synonymous with boldness.

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Bold Open Data Base

The latest gift to women’s entrepreneurship, Veuve Clicquot has launched in 2022 the first ever women entrepreneur's database that registers and promotes women entrepreneurs around the world. Without cultural, geographical or technological borders.

Unleash the power of data for the benefit of every single female entrepreneur across the globe.