Meet the Most Powerful Woman in Watches

Nayla Hayek is CEO of Harry Winston Inc and chairwoman of Swatch Group Ltd., the company founded by her father, Nicolas Hayek Sr Here Nayla Hayek talks about leading the world’s largest watch company and what it’s like to be a woman in a largely male driven business.

Her brother, Nicolas Hayek Jr., is CEO of the Swatch Group Her son, Marc Hayek, is CEO of Breguet, Blancpain, and Jaquet Droz, all Swatch Group brands Nayla Hayek, who has been on the board of directors of Swatch Group since 1995, was named vice-chair of the board of directors in May 2010.

“I was elected vice president two years before he [her father] died Nobody was really surprised when I took over.” Hayek is also a horse-breeding expert, who keeps 70 Arabian horses at her farm near Zurich, Switzerland Her private time is divided between the farm and her home near Lake. Source