By jdubble07 (2014-12-15)
Martine Rothblatt (formerly Martin Rothblatt) is a lawyer, author, and businesswoman. She is the highest paid female CEO in the United States.
After college in the late 1970s, Rothblatt came up with the idea for, what would later become, Sirius Satellite Radio. In 1994, she underwent gender reassignment surgery, after which, she changed her name from Martin to Martine.