100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN ASIA 2025 - LUCY LIU

AS COFOUNDER AND president of Airwallex, Lucy Liu propelled the Australian-born fintech from a bold idea to a global powerhouse. In 2015, at just 25 and a scant few years out of the University of Melbourne, Liu wrote a $1 million seed check over dinner to launch what would become a cross-border payments platform now serving 150,000 businesses.

- KYLA ZHAO

Over the past decade, Airwallex has grown into one of the world’s most valuable private fintechs. In May 2025 it raised $300 million at a valuation of $6.2 billion, with $