List of female top executives
The world average of female top executives is 8 percent. Thailand has the highest proportion of female CEOs in the world, with 30 percent of companies employing female CEOs, followed by the People's Republic of China, with 19 percent.[1] In the European Union the figure is 9 percent and in the United States it's 5 percent.[1] Only 14.2% of the top five leadership positions at the companies in the S&P 500 are held by women, according to a recent CNNMoney analysis,[2] out of those 500 companies, there are only 24 female CEOs.
Female CEOs[]
A number of women have risen to become top executives of major corporations. Below is an incomplete list of such women.
- Brenda Barnes, former CEO of Sara Lee
- Jhane Barnes, owner fashion design company
- Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors[3]
- Ana Patricia Botín, President of Banco Santander, Spain
- Gail Koziara Boudreaux, CEO of Anthem[4]
- Angela Braly, former President and CEO of WellPoint (now Anthem)
- Heather Bresch, Mylan Inc
- Michele Buck, CEO and President of The Hershey Company
- Ursula Burns, CEO and Chairman of Xerox[5]
- Liz Claiborne, Chairperson and CEO of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
- Zoe Cruz, Co-President of Morgan Stanley[6]
- Mary Dillon, CEO of Ulta Beauty
- Patricia Dunn, former Chairman of Hewlett Packard
- Annika Falkengren, CEO of SEB, Sweden
- Carly Fiorina, former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard
- Clara Furse, former CEO of London Stock Exchange
- Linda Hasenfratz, CEO of Linamar
- Annie Hurlbut, CEO and co-founder of Peruvian Connection
- Kathy Ireland, Chairman, CEO and Chief Designer for Kathy Ireland Worldwide and Chairman Emeritus for Level Brands[7]
- Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO of Avon Products
- Joyce Mackenzie Liu, CEO of Pegafund
- Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, President and CEO of PepsiCo
- Marianne Nivert, former CEO of Telia (now TeliaSonera), Sweden
- Ginni Rometty, former CEO of IBM[8]
- Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods
- Rasha Al Roumi, former CEO of Kuwait Airways[9]
- Patricia Russo, CEO of Lucent
- Güler Sabancı, CEO of Sabanci Group, Turkey
- Mary Sammons, President and CEO of Rite Aid
- Martha Stewart, former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
- Belinda Stronach, former President and CEO of Magna International
- Cydni Tetro, CEO of Brandless[10]
- Therese Tucker, founder and CEO of BlackLine
- Laura Wade-Gery, CEO of Multi-channel at Marks & Spencer, former CEO of Tesco.com
- Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, present CEO of Hewlett Packard
- Geisha Williams, CEO and President of President of PG&E Corporation
- Kathryn Farmer, President and CEO of BNSF Railway
References[]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Egan, Matt (2015-03-24). "Why only 14% of top execs are women". CNN.
- ^ Muller, Joann. "Exclusive: Inside New CEO Mary Barra's Urgent Mission To Fix GM". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Bryant, Adam (February 20, 2010). "Xerox's New Chief Tries to Redefine Its Culture". The New York Times.
- ^ Chandler, Michele (15 May 2010). "Zoe Cruz: Being Shoved Out of Your Comfort Zone Has Advantages". Stanford Business. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Kathy Ireland-Backed Level Brands to Go Public". licensemag.com. 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ Stewart, James B. (5 November 2011). "A C.E.O.'s Support System, a k a Husband". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ Trenwith, Courtney (13 June 2014). "Interview: Kuwait Airways CEO Rasha Al Roumi". Arabian Business.
- ^ Bluestein, Adam. "How Mormons Built the Next Silicon Valley While No One Was Looking", Medium, 15 January 2020. Retrieved on 7 April 2021.
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