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Does height help businesswomen? Experts offer their take

By Meg Fry

Linda Wellbrock has all the attributes needed to run the Leading Women Entrepreneurs Program.

She is well-spoken, well-educated and well-versed in the ins and outs of nearly every business situation.

She's also just a hair under 6 feet tall.

Without shoes.

There haven't been any landmark reports indicating how much height helps a woman's drive to the top of the business world in New Jersey, but an unofficial NJBIZ survey of female leaders around the state can come to only one conclusion: Height certainly helps.

Just ask them. We did.

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