Inc.’s annual Female Founders list celebrates the nation’s most innovative women entrepreneurs, who collectively generated approximately $12.3 billion in 2025
LTK, the company that turned influence into a global economy, proudly announces that Co-Founder and President of LTK, Amber Venz Box, has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Female Founders 500 for the third consecutive year. The annual list honors the most dynamic women business leaders in the United States, whose bold ideas, resilience, and execution are shaping the future of their industries.
Widely regarded as the pioneer of creator commerce, Amber has built LTK into the leading creator-led social platform, where millions of consumers discover trusted recommendations from creators across fashion, beauty, home, travel, fitness, and more. Today, LTK powers $6B in annual retail sales, reaches nearly 40% of Gen Z and Millennial women in the U.S. and connects brands with a global community of more than 400,000 verified creators. Through LTK, Amber turned influence into a global economy, enabling creators to build thriving businesses while giving brands a powerful way to reach audiences through trusted content.
Over the past year, Amber led LTK through a transformative chapter, evolving the platform into a creator-led social community built on trust and connection. The new video-first LTK app introduced social features designed to deepen relationships between creators and their audiences, while giving brands a dedicated presence within the social app to engage with the LTK community. Late last year, LTK flipped the $44B creator marketing industry on its head by opening access to a full creator-marketing tech stack for free. The move challenged the economics of the industry and removed barriers for brands by providing access to the largest creator commerce dataset, workflow tools and creator network - accelerating the growth of the industry.
The 2026 Female Founders honorees collectively generated approximately $12.3 billion in 2025 revenue and $12.2 billion in funding to date, underscoring the economic impact of women-led businesses across sectors. Previous honorees have included such game-changing leaders as Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and Emma Grede, all of whom have transformed their industries and broken barriers along the way.
"Each year, we are increasingly amazed by the extraordinary leaders on our Inc. Female Founders 500 list,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “The honorees on this year’s list include innovators in AI, beauty and wellness trendsetters winning devoted fans, and nonprofit leaders making a real impact in their communities. Together, they’re showing all of us what trailblazing female leadership looks like.”
Inc. magazine’s Female Founders issue will be on newsstands March 17, 2026.
To see the complete list of honorees, please visit: https://www.inc.com/female-founders/2026.
About LTK
LTK is the global creator commerce platform that turned creator influence into a worldwide economy. Founded in 2011 by Amber Venz Box and Baxter Box, LTK is a three-sided marketplace with dedicated platforms for creators, brands, and consumers.
LTK empowers creators to retain, nurture and grow direct relationships with their audiences through their LTK profiles, creating lasting businesses. For brands, LTK is a full-funnel, performance channel that scales globally, and turns creators into a retailer’s tech-enabled power partner. Today, LTK powers $6B in annual retail sales, supports 60,000 creator-brand collaborations each year, has 8,000 retailers actively investing in creators, and is used by more than 44M monthly users. LTK’s mission to empower creator success has led to nearly $3B invested in creators and helped nearly 400 women become self-made millionaires.
Headquartered in Dallas, TX, LTK operates across five continents. Download the LTK app in the App Store or Google Play. For updates, follow @ltk.hq on Instagram and @shopltk on X and LTK on LinkedIn.
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