When Fortune magazine announced its annual Fortune 500 list ranking the 500 largest United States corporations by total revenue last week, there were a couple of notable and historic inclusions. The list contained more female CEOs — particularly Black female CEOs — than ever before.
Taylor Dunn of ABC News reported that “this year’s Fortune 500 list was a record-breaking affair for female CEOs, with 41 woman-run companies making the cut.”
Dunn noted that “the annual list, which ranks America’s largest companies, also made history as two African American female CEOs made the list for the first time — Rosalind Brewer of Walgreens Boots Alliance and Thasunda Brown Duckett of TIAA.”
