The most influential women in Hungary – Mrs Orbán no longer No. 1?

The Hungarian Forbes prepared a list of the most influential women in Hungary for the fifth time. However, this was the first time Anikó Lévai, Viktor Orbán’s wife, did not make the cut. There was a change in the business category, too, and a new category was added – those to watch out for.

To compile the list, the Hungarian Forbes used data from Bisnode as well as collecting information from dozens of conversations. They took into consideration the activities of women from the past year who live and work in Hungary, after which the ranking was made.

In the fields of politics and public life, many new names emerged. Márta Pardavi, the co-president of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, made it back to the list after several years of not being featured. Judit Varga, the Minister of State for EU relations, is a first-time nominee, along with Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki.

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Business category

Ilona Dávid stepped down from her position as president of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV); however, she still holds influential positions at both Volán and DAKK (Southern Great Plain Transport Centre Ltd.). In fact, she is in a unique position as someone who simultaneously oversees the train and road travel in the country and has international influence as well.

Nevertheless, Éva Hegedüs, the proprietor and president of Gránit Bank, managed to surpass Dávid. She is able to work with anyone and is about to float her company on the stock market.

A name regularly featured on the list is Edina Heal, who used to be the CEO of Google but is now operations manager at the Republic Group. Another new name, on the other hand, is Beatrix Mészáros Lőrincné Kelemen, who has many formal titles. In the past year, she mainly worked in managerial positions at Echo TV; however, she will soon start work as the president of Ozone and Life networks.