Magda Marquet

Magda Marquet’s mother was a very strong woman who always advised that she find her own path. She asked Marquet to promise her one thing — “never be financially dependent on a man.”

When her mother died of breast cancer, it convinced Marquet to do two things — live life to the fullest and forge a career in health care.

Today, the mother of two grown sons heads a biotech company, is involved in several others and is the new chairperson of Biocom, the life sciences industry association, from January 2013.