In Conversation With Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi | Forbes

People make their own decisions about their timing, and they don’t have to comply with somebody else’s view of how that should be,” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told Forbes. “It’s about what works for them.” Now 81, Pelosi knows a thing or two about waiting for the right timing: She didn’t even run for Congress until she was 47 years old, and became America’s first female Speaker of the House at the age of 66. Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to lead a major political party when she was elected as Speaker in 2007. She started her third term as Speaker in 2019; she regained the position after the Democrats retook the House in the 2018 midterm elections. Also in 2019, she initiated the fourth-ever impeachment proceedings in U.S. history against President Donald Trump. The inaugural class of entrepreneurs, leaders and creators are part of an exhilarating movement redefining life’s second half and proving that success has no age limit. These dynamic women, growing older is about getting