The women chief executives of the Fortune 500
The 56 women who run a company on the 2026 Fortune 500, listed in the order of the company's rank.
How this list was made
The rule: Fortune 500 rank, highest first
To be on this list, a woman is the chief executive of a company on Fortune's 2026 Fortune 500, as the company's Fortune profile names its chief executive on October 24, 2026. Fortune's own list data marks each of these companies as led by a woman; one company, Danaher, has a new chief executive the list data does not mark yet, and its own leadership page confirms her.
The order is the company's rank on the 2026 Fortune 500, which Fortune sets by revenue. Each entry links the company's Fortune profile.
Gail K. Boudreaux
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Sarah M. London
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Maryann T. Mannen
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Susan Patricia Griffith
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Susan D. Morris
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Phebe N. Novakovic
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Thasunda Brown Duckett
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kathy J. Warden
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Jennifer Rumsey
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kathleen L. Quirk
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Patricia K. Poppe
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Natascha Viljoen
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Christine A. Leahy
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Jennifer A. Parmentier
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Ellen G. Cooper
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Penny Pennington
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Lauren R. Hobart
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kimberly A. Dang
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Deanna D. Strable-Soethout
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Martina L. Cheung
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Lisa M. Atherton
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Judith F. Marks
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kathleen M. Mazzarella
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kathleen E. Johnson
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kecia L. Steelman
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Reshma Kewalramani
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Shelley Simpson
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Teresa J. Rasmussen
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Stephanie L. Ferris
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Kristin C. Peck
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Adaire Fox-Martin
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Joanna Geraghty
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Jayshree V. Ullal
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Jennifer M. Johnson
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Jennifer C. Witz
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Adena T. Friedman
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Heather H. Lavallee
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Sheryl D. Palmer
Source: the company's Fortune profile, read October 24, 2026
Questions about this list
- Why 56 and not the number in Fortune's list data?
- Fortune's 2026 list data marks 57 companies as led by a woman. On two of them, Dow and Insight Enterprises, the company's Fortune profile names a man as chief executive on October 24, 2026, so they are not here. Danaher is here though the list data does not mark it: its Fortune profile names Julie Sawyer Montgomery chief executive, and its own leadership page names her president and chief executive.
- Why does DuPont's link read dow-chemical?
- That is Fortune's own address for DuPont's profile, fortune.com/company/dow-chemical/. It opens DuPont's profile, which names Lori D. Koch chief executive.
- Which year's Fortune 500 is this?
- The 2026 Fortune 500, which ranks the largest US companies by revenue. Fortune updates its company profiles during the year, so a chief executive who started after the list was published can appear here.
- How often is this list checked?
- Every quarter, and the same day a listed chief executive's role changes. The date at the top says when it was last checked.
- Can a company pay to be added?
- No. Entries come from the rule and the public record, never from a request or a payment.
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