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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] In the European Union the figure is 9 percent and in the United States it is 5 percent. [2]
There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [1] Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman. According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with ...
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)
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.
First woman to head a major U.S. bank. 2024-10-20 Cisco Systems: Chuck Robbins: CEO [32] 2015 Succeeded John T. Chambers, who became the chairman 2017-11-14 Citigroup: Jane Fraser: CEO [33] 2021 Succeeded Michael Corbat: 2022-02-03 Coca-Cola: James Quincey: Chairman and CEO [34] 2008 Previously the firm's COO 2017-11-14 Comcast: Brian L ...
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.
Theresa Gattung, business executive with senior positions in several companies including Bank of New Zealand and Telecom New Zealand; Bronwen Holdsworth (born 1943), business woman, arts patron, chair of the Holdsworth Group with interests in farming, property, investment and manufacturing; Pauline Kumeroa Kingi (born 1951), Māori community leader
Women business executives (7 C, 74 P) F. Women in finance (7 C, 35 P) H. Women hoteliers (37 P) J. Women business and financial journalists (44 P) M. Women in ...