List of female top executives explained

The world average of female top executives^[1] 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.^[2] In the European Union the figure is 9 percent and in the United States it is 5 percent. In 2024, 10.4% of the CEOs at companies in the Fortune 500 were female.^[3]

Female CEOs

• Ida Liu CEO of Citi Private Bank
• Brenda C. Barnes, former CEO of Sara Lee
• Jhane Barnes, owner fashion design company
• Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors^[4]
• Corie Barry, CEO of Best Buy
• Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva^[5]
• Ana Botín, president of Banco Santander, Spain
• Gail Koziara Boudreaux, CEO of Anthem^[6]
• Angela Braly, former president and CEO of WellPoint (now Anthem)
• Heather Bresch, Mylan Inc
• Roz Brewer, CEO of Walgreens^[7]
• Michele Buck, CEO and president of The Hershey Company
• Ursula Burns, CEO and chairman of Xerox^[8]
• Liz Claiborne, chairperson and CEO of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
• Zoe Cruz, co-president of Morgan Stanley^[9]
• Alison Cooper, formerly CEO of Imperial Brands^[10]
• Debra Crew, CEO of Diageo
• Margherita Della Valle, chief executive of Vodafone
• Mary Dillon, CEO of Ulta Beauty
• Patricia Dunn, former chairman of Hewlett-Packard
• Annika Falkengren, CEO of SEB, Sweden
• Kathryn Farmer, president and CEO of BNSF Railway
• Carly Fiorina, former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
• Janet Foutty, former CEO and chairperson of Deloitte Consulting
• Clara Furse, former CEO of London Stock Exchange
• Jody Gerson, CEO of Universal Music Publishing
• Jacqueline Gold, former CEO of Ann Summers^[11]
• Julie Greenwald, CEO of Atlantic Music Group
• Linda Hasenfratz, CEO of Linamar
• Kathy Ireland, chairman, CEO and chief designer for Kathy Ireland Worldwide and chairman emeritus for Level Brands^[12]
• Lisa S. Jones CEO of EyeMail Inc.^[13]
• Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products
• Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, president and CEO of PepsiCo
• Karen S. Lynch, president and CEO of CVS Health
• Sylvia Rhone, CEO of Epic Records
• Ginni Rometty, former CEO of IBM^[14]
• Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods
• Rasha Al Roumi, former CEO of Kuwait Airways^[15]
• Patricia Russo, CEO of Lucent
• Güler Sabancı, CEO of Sabancı Holding, 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
• Lisa Su, president, CEO and chair of AMD
• Cydni Tetro, CEO of Brandless^[16]
  • 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, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Geisha Williams, CEO and President of President of PG&E Corporation
• Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient, former CEO of Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top Women CEOs Breaking Barriers and Changing History . 2024-10-18 . Investopedia . en.
2. Web site: China ranks high in women CEOs . 2011-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110311124526/http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Office/Story/A1Story20110308-267058.html . 2011-03-11 .
3. Web site: Hinchliffe . Emma . Women run just 10.4% of Fortune 500 companies . 2024-10-10 . Fortune . en.
4. Web site: Muller. Joann. Exclusive: Inside New CEO Mary Barra's Urgent Mission To Fix GM. 2020-11-23. Forbes. en.
5. Web site: 2021-11-16 . Top 28 C-suite women in UK’s leading companies . 2023-07-06 . businesschief.eu . en.
6. Web site: The World's 100 Most Powerful Women . . 24 December 2020.
7. News: 2021-12-09 . Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer to Leaders: Put Your Phones Away and Listen to Employees . Harvard Business Review . 2023-07-04 . 0017-8012.
8. News: Bryant. Adam. Xerox's New Chief Tries to Redefine Its Culture. The New York Times. February 20, 2010 .
9. Web site: Zoe Cruz: Being Shoved Out of Your Comfort Zone Has Advantages . Chandler . Michele . 15 May 2010 . Stanford Business . 12 March 2021 .
10. News: Sweney . Mark . 2019-10-03 . Imperial Brands' Alison Cooper steps down as CEO . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-07-05 . 0261-3077.
11. Web site: Jacqueline Gold CBE: CEO of Ann Summers . 2023-07-05 . Business Leader.
12. Web site: Kathy Ireland-Backed Level Brands to Go Public . 2017-08-04 . licensemag.com . 2017-08-15.
13. Web site: Corporate partnership helps email tech company quadruple its revenue. 5 November 2021. Atlanta Business Chronicle. Randy. Southerland. 16 September 2014.
14. News: A C.E.O.'s Support System, a k a Husband. Stewart. James B.. 5 November 2011. The New York Times. 3 May 2013.
15. News: Trenwith . Courtney . Interview: Kuwait Airways CEO Rasha Al Roumi . Arabian Business . 13 June 2014.
16. Bluestein, Adam. "How Mormons Built the Next Silicon Valley While No One Was Looking", Medium, 15 January 2020. Retrieved on 7 April 2021.
17. News: Barnes . Brooks . 2016-03-05 . Networking in the ‘Girls’ Lounge’ . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-25 . 0362-4331.