Some 60 women heading up Hungary-based business were nominated for consideration for the prize; jury members were asked to judge on the basis of nominees’ ability to “serve as a role model to others and who can demonstrate what is needed for a woman to succeed today.”

Rounding out the field of five finalists were Ildikó Katona of Könyvmolyképző Kiadó Kft, psychologist/freelance writer Ágnes Anna Vida, Viola Gyovai of Biola Biokozmetikai Kft, and Izabella Zwack of Zwack Unicum Nyrt

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