Most Powerful Women
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Most Powerful Women list. It also happens to be the most competitive in this ranking’s history. Rather than compile separate international and domestic versions as we’ve done in some form since 2000, we combined our candidates to come up with one definitive list—a more accurate reflection of the global nature of business today. That meant fewer spots, even as the world hit a record-high number of female Global 500 CEOs. The result: All the women on this list either are CEOs or very likely will be—either at their current company or a competitor. Several of the highest-ranked CEOs are in the middle of transforming, remaking, or turning around their companies, which just goes to show, there is no standing still—even for those who have reached the top.
- 1 Karen Lynch
- 2 Julie Sweet
- 3 Jane Fraser
- 4 Mary Barra
- 5 Jessica Tan
- 6 Carol Tomé
- 7 Rosalind Brewer
- 8 Emma Walmsley
- 9 Gail Boudreaux
- 10 Abigail Johnson
- 11 Thasunda Brown Duckett
- 12 Ruth Porat
- 13 Angela Hwang
- 14 Judith McKenna
- 15 Amy Hood
- 16 Shemara Wikramanayake
- 17 Ana Botín
- 18 Corie Barry
- 19 Safra Catz
- 20 Susan Wojcicki
- 21 Lisa Su
- 22 Kathy Warden
- 23 Phebe Novakovic
- 24 Amanda Blanc
- 25 Tricia Griffith
- 26 Marianne Lake and Jennifer Piepszak
- 27 Ann-Marie Campbell
- 28 Kathryn McLay
- 29 Belén Garijo
- 30 Deirdre O’Brien
- 31 Beth Ford
- 32 Lynn Good
- 33 Marta Ortega
- 34 Catherine MacGregor
- 35 Mellody Hobson
- 36 Jennifer Taubert
- 37 Revathi Advaithi
- 38 Vicki Hollub
- 39 Sarah London
- 40 Helena Helmersson
- 41 Isabel Ge Mahe
- 42 Dana Walden
- 43 Penny Pennington
- 44 Christel Heydemann
- 45 Jennifer Rumsey
- 46 Bela Bajaria
- 47 Gwynne Shotwell
- 48 Julie Boland
- 49 Vanessa Pappas
- 50 Nicke Widyawati