The New Guard: America’s 50 Most Influential Women — KATHRYN MINSHEW, Cofounder & CEO, The Muse

31, Cofounder and CEO, The Muse

Twit­ter:@kmin

Badass bio: After get­ting her start as a con­sul­tant at McK­in­sey & Com­pa­ny, she launched her Mil­len­ni­al-focused career-devel­op­ment and job site, The Muse, five years ago with Alexan­dra Cavoula­cos; in June, she raised anoth­er $16 mil­lion in fund­ing, bring­ing the total to $29 million.

Among her investors:Tyra Banks, Red­dit cofounder Alex­is Ohan­ian, Sal­lie Kraw­check, and Aspect Ven­tures’ There­sia Gouw.

To-do list: She has penned columns for the Har­vard Busi­ness Reviewand The Wall Street Jour­nal.