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The Fortune 500 is U.S.-based and relies solely on numbers; only 21 of the 55 female Fortune 500 CEOs made this year’s MPW list.
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet warns companies must reinvent with AI or risk losing top spot. AI must deliver real value, not just ...
Responses from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies polled in April reveal bearish sentiment soared a jaw-dropping 40 percentage points from just five months prior.
According to a U.S. News analysis of the Fortune 500 CEOs list--the magazine's annual ranking of American corporations based on gross revenue, which was released on May 7--some chief executives ...
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Currently, female leaders make up about 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs — that's barely up from the 2% just seven years ago, says Good. In 2009, women held 15.2% of Fortune 500 board seats, according to ...
Women run 11% of companies on the 2025 Fortune 500 list—a milestone that arrives two years after that stat crossed the stubborn 10% mark for the first time. The number of female CEOs leading ...
More Black women have been to space than led Fortune 500 firms. This article explores why—and what it reveals about leadership equity in corporate America.
For the first time in history, 55 women are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies in 2025 — just over 11%. This marks progress from 52 women in both 2023 and 2024, though significant gender and racial ...
Ellison, who became CEO of Lowe’s in 2018, is the first Black executive to lead two different Fortune 500 companies, having previously helmed J.C. Penney from 2015 to 2018.
What stands out to me about this year’s Fortune 500 is a trend among new female CEOs. It’s become exceedingly rare for Fortune 500 companies to choose women as outside CEO hires.