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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]
This is a list of women CEOs of the Fortune 500, based on the magazine's 2024 list (updated yearly). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of Sept. 2024, women were CEOs at 10.4% of Fortune 500 companies. Fortune 500 women CEOs as of 2024 (52 women)
Abibatu Mogaji (1917–2013), business magnate, President-General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men; Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (born 1975), social entrepreneur, co-founder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, founder of LEAD Africa, a non-profit enterprise encouraging business leadership and development
Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino was President of the Philippines from 1986-1992 under some extraordinary circumstances.She was a Senator's wife and became a political leader in the People Power ...
Corporate support for women in business is also on the rise, with grants made available to help women in business. [42] [43] Affirmative action has been credited with "bringing a generation of women into business ownership" in the United States, following the 1988 Women's Business Ownership Act and subsequent measures. [44]
Queen Elizabeth II encouraged high-profile women in public service, according to a few who crossed her path. 'The most remarkable person': Women leaders laud queen's example Skip to main content
Since 2004, Forbes, an American business magazine, has published an annual list of its ranking of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Edited by prominent Forbes journalists, including Moira Forbes , the list is compiled using various criteria such as visibility and economic impact.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, a major milestone in the fight for gender-based equality. Successive movements — like Womanism, which arose to account ...