It Changed My Life: She runs network of women-owned businesses across more than 100 countries

Elizabeth Vazquez runs a network that links women-owned businesses with global buyers

Ms Elizabeth Vazquez, seen here in 2013 with Mrs Hillary Clinton, is an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative, which seeks solutions to global problems. Ms Elizabeth Vazquez is co-founder and chief executive of WEConnect International, the only co
Ms Elizabeth Vazquez is co-founder and chief executive of WEConnect International, the only corporate-led initiative of its kind, which links women's business enterprises outside of the US with MNC corporate buyers. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Ms Elizabeth Vazquez, seen here in 2013 with Mrs Hillary Clinton, is an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative, which seeks solutions to global problems. Ms Elizabeth Vazquez is co-founder and chief executive of WEConnect International, the only co
Ms Elizabeth Vazquez, seen here in 2013 with Mrs Hillary Clinton, is an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative, which seeks solutions to global problems. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ELIZABETH VAZQUEZ
Ms Vazquez with a woman business owner from Peru in 2016. One lesson she has learnt is never to assume the potential of what women in any business big or small are capable of doing. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ELIZABETH VAZQUEZ
Ms Vazquez with a woman business owner from Peru in 2016. One lesson she has learnt is never to assume the potential of what women in any business big or small are capable of doing. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ELIZABETH VAZQUEZ
Wong Kim Hoh
Deputy Life Editor
Updated
Jun 09, 2019, 01:47 PM
Published
Jun 09, 2019, 05:00 AM
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For as long as she can remember, Elizabeth Vazquez has wanted to help women. As co-founder and chief executive of WEConnect International, she is doing just that.

Set up a decade ago, the global network connects women-owned businesses to buyers around the world.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on June 09, 2019, with the headline It Changed My Life: Raised by a single mother, she now helps women to be financially independent. Subscribe

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