NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE:
Now that Marissa Mayer has been named the new CEO of Yahoo!, the number of female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies has reached a record high — 20. Not very impressive, but that’s up 25% in 2009 when just 15 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies were women. Linda Lowen, About.com Guide to Women’s Issues, writes:
“While this may suggest greater upward mobility for women in the business sector, these 20 women represent only 4% of the Fortune 500. That number is discouraging when compared to Congress where 16% of its members are women.”
Click to see who those 20 female CEOs are along with their companies’ Fortune 500 rankings.
Read the Full Article: Fortune 500’s Record Number of Women CEOs via womensissues.about.com
Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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