Adena Friedman, CEO of Nasdaq, a global stock exchange, attended a Women’s Leadership Breakfast during her visit to Lithuania at the end of May. The Nasdaq leader and Esther Wojcicki, a prominent scientist from the University of Stanford, USA, and other women active in society and business shared their insights and personal experience, told about the challenges they had faced on their road to leadership. The leaders discussed the effect of education on our choices, the lessons they had learned, inspiring experiences that broke the stereotypes, opened up new opportunities and encouraged new goals.