List
This list names all the women who currently hold CEO positions at S&P 500 companies. Women currently hold 21 (4.2%) of CEO positions at S&P 500 companies. To find out how many women are at other levels of S&P 500 companies, take a look at the Women in S&P 500 Companies pyramid.
- Mary T. Barra, General Motors Co. (GM)
Heather Bresch, Mylan Inc.
Ursula M. Burns, Xerox Corp.
Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas Inc.
Susan M. Cameron, Reynolds American Inc.
Safra A. Catz, Oracle Corp. (co-CEO)
- Lynn J. Good, Duke Energy Corp.
Marillyn A. Hewson, Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Lauralee E. Martin, HCP Inc.
Gracia C. Martore, TEGNA
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.
Carol Meyrowitz, TJX Companies, Inc.
Beth E. Mooney, KeyCorp
Denise M. Morrison, Campbell Soup Co.
Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo, Inc.
Phebe N. Novakovic, General Dynamics Corp.
Debra L. Reed, Sempra Energy Corp.
Barbara Rentler, Ross Stores Inc.
Virginia M. Rometty, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
Irene B. Rosenfeld, Mondelez International Inc.
Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Upcoming Changes
Carol Meyrowitz will be stepping down as CEO of TJX Companies, Inc. and will move into the role of executive chairman for at least three years on January 31, 2016.
Methodology: This list is based on the S&P list of companies published by Dow Jones from October 2014. Whenever possible, we update our list throughout the year whenever a woman becomes CEO or departs a CEO position at any of the listed companies. Women are counted in our list starting on the date they officially take over their positions. We strive to keep this list accurate and timely; if you have found that we have missed something, or have any questions, please submit that information here: www.catalyst.org/what-we-do/services/ask-catalyst.
Catalyst also maintains an historical list of women CEOs that have appeared on the Fortune list from 1972-2014. If you would like a copy of the list, please submit a request here: www.catalyst.org/what-we-do/services/ask-catalyst.
How to cite this product: Catalyst. Women CEOs of the S&P 500. New York: Catalyst, November 18, 2015.
43 Reader Comments
this is outrageous :( :(
Excuse me? On what grounds Joe? This is revolutionary. This is reality. I am so grateful to have role models beyond women in magazines and television shows. Thank you for sharing this Catalyst.
I think it's great!! Was able to send this to my gf who keeps complaining about no women being in leading roles. Especially since most of those companies are the leaders in both defense technology, mass production, and information technologies. Pretty key for the economy. Gots to get me a sugar momma!
How is this great exactly? You're glad because you can prove to your girlfriend that there are leaders in giant corporations that are women...... 24 OUT OF 500! 4.8%! That is dismal number.
Gwen - you are a moron, sorry. Alho you math is correct, what you don't understand is that this is a 1000% increase in the last 25 years. Not enough for you? You need to have "equality" in the boardrooms to prove women are equal to men even tho they are clearly not up to task? Compared to peers, female CEOs are dismal failures, sorry.
Ted: you are a pathetic excuse to be commenting. Women in positions of power are dismal failures? I feel that gender has zero to do with performance and everything to do with the equality issue at hand. You are most likely an unsuccessful person in the business world. You seem to be the moron here.
I think (or at least I hope) he was referring to the fact that women only hold 4% of ceo positions and I agree. That number is outrageous and disgusting
How so? There is nothing disgusting about it. You are seeing change for the better, that women are being considered for the top jobs. They aren't just going to give 250 of the male CEOs the boot and replace them with females. That's not equality. Equality means that when a CEO position becomes vacant, that every capable candidate gets their fair shot regardless of gender.
I love your statement. As a woman I am so tired of hearing women complain about not getting a fair shake. If a woman can't meet the requirements of a job that a man does, why do we always need to yell gender inequality!?
No these companies are not smart if they over look a overqualified male partner to insert a female just because she will cry about it if they do not choose her.
Sad situation.
I am happy to see women are beginning to get a leg up in the cut throat world of business, but I want to see them do it on their own with knowledge and class...not because they have tits and a vagina.
You really believe that these billion-dollar businesses, for whom the most important thing is success (i.e. continuing to make billions of dollars...) hand over CEO positions to women instead of supposedly more-qualified men, so that said women won't "cry about it"? That seems highly unlikely. Pretty sure these women got to where they are because they were considered to be the best candidates.
dude... really? Wake up from whatever dream your're in.
Chloe and Jeff, I agree. @pink51Inc we want to salute these amazing women who have made it to the top! It is time for companies to be transparent about diversity in leadership and for all of us to support businesses with women in leadership positions. Women can turn their buying power into business power by shopping at companies where women have unlimited potential.
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