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Meet the Record 18 Female CEOs on the Fortune 500

In her first year on the list, Ginni Rometty does very well

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 30, 2011 8:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – A record 18 female CEOs are included on the 2012 Fortune 500, CNNMoney reports. Eight of them made it into the top 100:

  • Meg Whitman: Hewlett-Packard, No. 11
  • Ginni Rometty: IBM, No. 18
  • Patricia Woertz: Archer Daniels Midland, No. 39

  • Angela Braly: WellPoint, No. 42
  • Indra Nooyi: PepsiCo, No. 43
  • Irene Rosenfeld: Kraft Foods, No. 49
  • Lynn Elsenhans: Sunoco, No. 68
  • Ellen Kullman: DuPont, No. 84
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In this Oct. 23, 2011 photo, Meg Whitman, (then) a republican candidate for Calif. Governor, campaigns at Saigon Kitchen, in San Jose, Calif.
In this Oct. 23, 2011 photo, Meg Whitman, (then) a republican candidate for Calif. Governor, campaigns at Saigon Kitchen, in San Jose, Calif.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
In this image distributed by Feature Photo Service for IBM: IBM chairman, president and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano (left) and Virginia M. Ginni Rometty at IBM's corporate headquarters in Armonk, NY.
In this image distributed by Feature Photo Service for IBM: IBM chairman, president and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano (left) and Virginia M. "Ginni" Rometty at IBM's corporate headquarters in Armonk, NY.   (Jon Iwata/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
Chairman and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, USA, Patricia Woertz speaks during a session 'A Roadmap to Sustainable Recovery' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.
Chairman and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, USA, Patricia Woertz speaks during a session 'A Roadmap to Sustainable Recovery' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.   (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
In this photo released by Wellpoint Inc., the company's CEO Angela Braly is shown.
In this photo released by Wellpoint Inc., the company's CEO Angela Braly is shown.   (AP Photo/Wellpoint Inc.)
In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO, Indra Nooyi speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO, Indra Nooyi speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.   (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Irene Rosenfeld, chief executive of Kraft Foods, arrives at the Cabinet office to meet Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, in central London, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010.
Irene Rosenfeld, chief executive of Kraft Foods, arrives at the Cabinet office to meet Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, in central London, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Incoming DuPont Co. President and CEO Ellen J. Kullman is seen during a photo opportunity Tuesday, Sept 23, 2008 at DuPont Co. Headquarters in Wilmington, Del.
Incoming DuPont Co. President and CEO Ellen J. Kullman is seen during a photo opportunity Tuesday, Sept 23, 2008 at DuPont Co. Headquarters in Wilmington, Del.   (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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zhangqqq
Oct 30, 2011 6:57 PM CDT
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cheongyei
Oct 30, 2011 1:14 PM CDT
Wow -- 8 in the top 100, but only another ten in the final 400.  Big drop off.
TiredMemeCat
Oct 30, 2011 8:32 AM CDT
Proving you don't have to have a todger to be a right greedy prick.

 
Fortune 500 • Indra Nooyi • Patricia Woertz • Irene Rosenfeld • Meg Whitman • Virginia Rometty

 
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