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Carly (born Cara Sneed) was a philosophy and medieval history major... dropped out of law school after one semester... was a hairdresser and a receptionist and a secretary at a temp agency, each for less than a year... then became a real estate broker, and moved to Italy with her new husband where she taught English for a semester. That was all in 1976-1979 (ages 22-25). Not exactly the start that most promising corporate careers or political careers feature.

1980 she graduated with an MBA from Maryland (okay, good start)...
1984 divorces husband #1, and quickly marries Mr Frank Fiorina, an AT&T exec. <-- Note how her career starts after this marital upgrade
1990, she graduates from MIT with an MS in management
1996, she leads the spinoff of Lucent from AT&T, including planning and implementing the IPO.
Later in 1996, Fiorina was appointed president of Lucent's consumer products business
In 1997, she was appointed chair of Lucent's consumer communications joint venture with Philips consumer communications.
Later in 1997, she was named group president for the global service provider business at Lucent, overseeing marketing and sales for the company's largest customer segment.
In 1998, Fortune magazine named Fiorina the "most powerful woman in business" in its inaugural listing.

1999 heads HP, 2001 forces a merger with Compaq (being fought all the way by Mr Hewlitt, sone of the HP founder), and in 2005 is forced to resign. 2008 she goes on to be named the worst tech CEO of all time (politics of hating right-wing women?)

She survived breast cancer... She took on Barbara Boxer very publicly and would never back down ("I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.")... She is a great outspoken Conservative... but she is not Presidential material. Nor did she truly burst through any glass ceilings since she married her way towards the top at AT&T