Female CEOs in the Fortune 500 aren’t quite the norm yet, but they have been making strides.
As of 2017, there are 32 female CEOs on the list, meaning that 6.4% of the U.S.’s biggest companies (by revenue) are run by women. This is the highest proportion of female CEOs in the 63-year history of the Fortune 500.
The women run a diverse range of companies—from consumer goods behemoths like PepsiCo to defense contractors like Lockheed Martin—but they are, predominantly, white. At the moment, just two names on the list are women of color: Geisha Williams of PG&E Corporation (pcg) and Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo (pep). None are African American.
Mary Barra, chief executive officer of General Motors
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Company: General Motors
Fortune 500 Rank: 8
Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM speaks during a Fortune summit.
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Company: IBM
Fortune 500 Rank: 32
Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, speaks during the New York Times DealBook conference in 2016.
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Company: PepsiCo
Fortune 500 Rank: 44
Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President, and CEO of Lockheed Martin
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Company: Lockheed Martin
Fortune 500 Rank: 56
Meg Whitman, CEO of HPE
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Company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Fortune 500 Rank: 59
*Not on 2016 list*
Safra Catz of Oracle
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Company: Oracle
Fortune 500 Rank: 81
Phebe Novakovic, Chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of Washington in 2016.
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Company: General Dynamics
Fortune 500 Rank: 90
Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO of Mondelēz International, at a Fortune MPW summit
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Company: Mondelez International
Fortune 500 Rank: 109
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Company: Progressive
Fortune 500 Rank: 120
*Not on 2016 list*
Lynn Good, President, CEO, Vice Chair of the Board, Duke Energy, at a Fortune MPW summit.
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Company: Duke Energy
Fortune 500 Rank: 121
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Company: Staples
Fortune 500 Rank: 140
*Not on 2016 list*
Geisha Williams, President of Electric Operations at [f500link]PG&E[/f500link], speaks during a panel discussion at the National Clean Energy Summit in 2015.
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Company: PG&E Corp.
Fortune 500 Rank: 157
*Not on 2016 list*
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Company: Synchrony Financial
Fortune 500 Rank: 185
*Not on 2016 list*
Guardian Insurance CEO Deanna Mulligan, center, and NYC first lady Chirlane McCray during a press conference.
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Company: Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Fortune 500 Rank: 218
Company: Ross Stores
Fortune 500 Rank: 219
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Company: Reynolds American
Fortune 500 Rank: 223
*Not on 2016 list*
Company: Reinsurance Group of America
Fortune 500 Rank: 246
*Not on 2016 list*
Vicki Hollub, president and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum, in 2017.
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Company: Occidental Petroleum
Fortune 500 Rank: 278
Eric Myer
Company: Sempra Energy
Fortune 500 Rank: 280
Company: Hertz Global Holdings
Fortune 500 Rank: 296
*Not on 2016 list*
Kimberly Lubel
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Company: CST Brands
Fortune 500 Rank: 306
Mary Laschinger, chief executive officer of Veritiv, during a Bloomberg Television interview in 2016
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Company: Veritiv
Fortune 500 Rank: 331
Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell Soup Company
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Company: Campbell Soup
Fortune 500: 339
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Company: Hershey
Fortune 500 Rank: 369
*Not on 2016 list*
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Company: CMS Energy
Fortune 500 Rank: 419
*Not on 2016 list*
Company: Graybar Electric
Fortune 500 Rank: 420
Sherilyn McCoy, chief executive officer of Avon Products, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in 2015.
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Company: Avon Products
Fortune 500 Rank: 444
Ilene Gordon, Chairman, President, and CEO of Ingredion, participates in a panel discussion at the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco.
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Company: Ingredion
Fortune 500 Rank: 456
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Company: Mattel
Fortune 500 Rank: 474
*Not on 2016 list*
Beth Mooney, chief executive officer of KeyCorp
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Company: KeyCorp
Fortune 500 Rank: 479
*Not on 2016 list*
Jacqueline Hinman, CEO of CH2M speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in 2015
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Company: CH2M Hill
Fortune 500 Rank: 494
Marissa Mayer during an Advertising Week event in 2016.
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Company: Yahoo
Fortune 500 Rank: 498
*Not on 2016 list*