The definitive list of women CEOs in the Fortune 500. Last updated on May 9, 2013.
1. Margaret C. Whitman
Company: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
Fortune 500 Rank: 15
2. Virginia M. Rometty
Company: IBM (IBM)
Fortune 500 Rank: 20
3. Patricia A. Woertz
Company: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Fortune 500 Rank: 27
4. Indra K. Nooyi
Company: Pepsico (PEP)
Fortune 500 Rank: 43
5. Marillyn A. Hewson
Company: Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Fortune 500 Rank: 59
6. Ellen J. Kullman
Company: DuPont (DFT)
Fortune 500 Rank: 72
7. Irene B. Rosenfeld
Company: Mondelez International (MDLZ)
Fortune 500 Rank: 88
8. Phebe N. Novakovic
Company: General Dynamics (GD)
Fortune 500 Rank: 98
9. Carol M. Meyrowitz
Company: TJX (TJX)
Fortune 500 Rank: 115
10. Ursula M. Burns
Company: Xerox (XRX)
Fortune 500 Rank: 131
11. Deanna M. Mulligan
Company: Guardian Life Insurance of America
Fortune 500 Rank: 238
12. Sherilyn McCoy
Company: Avon (AVP)
Fortune 500 Rank: 252
13. Debra L. Reed
Company: Sempra Energy (SRE)
Fortune 500 Rank: 281
14. Denise M. Morrison
Company: Campbell Soup (CPB)
Fortune 500 Rank: 338
15. Ilene S. Gordon
Company: Ingredion (INGR)
Fortune 500 Rank: 386
16. Heather Bresch
Company: Mylan (MYL)
Fortune 500 Rank: 374
17. Kathleen M. Mazzarella
Company: Graybar Electric
Fortune 500 Rank: 465
18. Gracia C. Martore
Company: Gannett (GCI)
Fortune 500 Rank: 467
19. Maggie A. Wilderotter
Company: Frontier Communications (FTR)
Fortune 500 Rank: 492
20. Marissa A. Mayer
Company: Yahoo (YHOO)
Fortune 500 Rank: 494
by Patricia Sellers
New York Times columnist Nick Kristof once said that if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Brothers & Sisters, the world might not have ended up in the soup it's in.
That's a good line. And champions of gender diversity flog it far and wide now that the topic of women and power is hotter than ever. That's because, as Kristof notes in today's op-ed, "Don't Write Men Off Just Yet," MORE
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