Hillary is the Democratic nominee, making her the first woman to be nominated by a major political party. “We’ve Come a Long Way Baby” was a Loretta Lynn album in the late 70s, but women currently hold less than 5% of the top position of CEO in Fortune 500’s current list; they have broken the glass ceiling for generations to come.
Check out this impressive list of women guiding some of the biggest companies we interact with every day…
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.
Shira Goodman, Staples (Interim CEO)
Marillyn A. Hewson, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Vicki Hollub, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Gracia C. Martore, TEGNA
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.
Beth E. Mooney, KeyCorp
Denise M. Morrison, Campbell Soup Co.
Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo, Inc.
Phebe N. Novakovic, General Dynamics Corp.
Patricia K. Poppe, CMS Energy
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