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Women Presidents Organization membership requirements

Every criterion Women Presidents Organization publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Gender	Women business owners		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue	US$2,000,000 in gross annual sales for a product-based business	Base (Chapter Member and Member-at-Large) threshold.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue	US$1,000,000 in gross annual sales for a service-based business	Lower base threshold applied to service businesses.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum ownership stake	Must hold an ownership interest in the business at some level, and the company must be privately held		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Role or title	Must lead the company and hold primary decision-making authority for day-to-day operations		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue	Platinum membership: gross revenue over US$10,000,000	Platinum groups meet three times a year rather than monthly.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue	Zenith membership: gross revenue over US$50,000,000	Zenith groups meet three times a year rather than monthly.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process

Candidates apply and, if they meet the ownership, authority and revenue tests, are placed in a chapter in their geographic area. Women who meet the criteria but cannot access a chapter for geographic or other reasons can join as a Member-at-Large.

Invitation required

Sponsor required

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed

Membership term

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

Women who own and run privately held companies above WPO's revenue thresholds.

Typical member

Members are women who lead their own privately held companies, hold day-to-day decision-making authority and have an ownership interest. The entry threshold is US$2 million in gross annual sales for product-based businesses and US$1 million for service-based businesses, with higher tiers at US$10 million (Platinum) and US$50 million (Zenith).

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Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Women Presidents Organization, Women Presidents Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Chapter Locations — Women Presidents' Organization, Women Presidents Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
WPO Members Make Global Impact on Economy in 2022, PR Newswire (WPO release), January 2022. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
WPO and J.P. Morgan Open Nominations for 2026 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies, Women Presidents Organization, January 2026. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Become a Member — WPO, Women Presidents Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Become A WPO Member, Women Presidents Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Women Presidents' Organization, Business View Magazine. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 6

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.