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*[[Geisha Williams]], CEO and President of [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company|President of PG&E Corporation]] |
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*[[Michele Buck]], CEO and President of [[The Hershey Company]] |
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Revision as of 20:15, 17 July 2019
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
- Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM
- Jhane Barnes, owner of her own fashion design company
- Angela Braly, former President and CEO of WellPoint (now Anthem)
- Ana Patricia Botín, President of Banco Santander, Spain
- Liz Claiborne, Chairperson and CEO of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
- Zoe Cruz, Co-President of Morgan Stanley
- Patricia Dunn, former Chairman of Hewlett Packard
- Annika Falkengren, CEO of SEB, Sweden
- Carly Fiorina, former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard
- 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 and Chief Brand Strategist for Level Brands[3]
- Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO of Avon Products
- Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, President and CEO of PepsiCo
- Ursula Burns, CEO and Chairman of Xerox
- Marianne Nivert, former CEO of Telia (now TeliaSonera), Sweden
- Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods
- 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
- Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, present CEO of Hewlett Packard
- Laura Wade-Gery, CEO of Multi-channel at Marks & Spencer, former CEO of Tesco.com
- Clara Furse, former CEO of London Stock Exchange
- Therese Tucker, founder and CEO of BlackLine
- Heather Bresch, Mylan Inc.
- Geisha Williams, CEO and President of President of PG&E Corporation
- Michele Buck, CEO and President of The Hershey Company
- Jaclyn Baumgarten, CEO and Co-Founder of Boatsetter
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Egan, Matt (2015-03-24). "Why only 14% of top execs are women". CNN.
- ^ "Kathy Ireland-Backed Level Brands to Go Public". licensemag.com. 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-15.