Recently, CEOs of high growth companies were asked by Inc. magazine to pick their most admired entrepreneur. It turned out that the majority opted for Elon Musk (founder and CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX), Richard Branson (founder of the Virgin Group), Mark Cuban (known to the larger public via the show ‘Shark Tank’; he is also owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks) and Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft). The results would probably be very similar if we asked random people on the streets the same question. The picture that comes to mind to most of us when thinking about successful entrepreneurs is that of a man, whether we ask people in the Middle East or abroad. This masculinized image of entrepreneurship is forged through long tradition, stretching from entrepreneurship theory, which during the 20th and 21st century has been greatly influenced by the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian
