Liz Elting

Liz Elting is a New York-based philanthropist and businesswoman. She’s the Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, which focuses on empowering women in business. As an accomplished business leader, Elting co-founded TransPerfect, the world’s largest language and business solutions provider. With offices in over 100 cities and over $1.1 billion in revenue, Liz is a true trailblazer in the business world. Her dedication to empowering women in the workplace is admirable, making her a role model for aspiring entrepreneurs everywhere. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from The Stern School of Business at New York University and a BA in Modern Languages and Literatures from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

The Elizabeth Elting Foundation strives to break down systemic barriers.

In 2018, Elting founded the Elizabeth Elting Foundation with a powerful mission: to eliminate systemic barriers, bridge gaps, and promote systemic change for women and other underserved communities. This foundation empowers individuals of all backgrounds to succeed, thrive, and achieve their full potential.

Elting’s recognitions and awards include:

• Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Award for Customer Service
• Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
• American Express Entrepreneur magazine Woman of the Year Award
• Distinguished Alumnae Award from NYU Stern’s Women in Business
• Women Worth Watching Award from Diversity Journal
• Trinity College Alumni Medal for Excellence and Gary McQuaid Award
• Enterprising Women magazine Enterprising Women of the Year Award
• National Organization for Women’s Women of Power & Influence Award
• 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for Business and Public Service from NYU’s Stern School of Business
• American Heart Association’s 2020 Health Equity Leadership Award
• The Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs’ 2021 Vertex Award for changing the face of women’s high-growth entrepreneurship
• American Heart Association’s 2022 Woman Changing the World Award
• Trinity College’s 2022 Kathleen O’Connor Boelhouwer ’85 Alumni Initiative Award. 

Furthermore, she has been named one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women every year since the list’s inception. 

Elting’s commitment to giving back to the community is evident through her community involvement.

Elting serves on the NYU Stern School of Business Board of Directors and the Trinity College Board of Trustees. She is a founding member of Trinity’s Women’s Leadership Council and the Marjorie Butcher Circle. Additionally, she is a regular speaker at both NYU and Columbia Business Schools. Elting serves on the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women National Leadership Council, the Sandy Hook Promise Leadership Council, and the Board of Directors of Girls Learning Advanced Math (GLAM). She founded the Elting Family Research Fund in 2017 to support initiatives for the International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation.

Elting is the author of the forthcoming book Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion Dollar Business. Her profile appears in books such as:

• American Dream: Interviews with Industry-Leading Professionals by Jason Navallo
• The New York Times bestseller Succeed by Your Own Terms (McGraw-Hill)
• Leadership Secrets of the World’s Most Successful CEOs (Dearborn Trade Publishing)
• Straight Talk About Starting and Growing Your Business (McGraw-Hill). 

She is regularly featured in the media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Financial Times, Reader’s Digest, Huffington Post, and Crain’s New York Business.