The newly released 2025 Fortune 500 CEO list underscores the significant disparities Black women continue to face in ...

Women of color have suffered, getting stuck largely in entry-level roles, according to Shegerian Conniff. Here’s how HR can ...

More Black women have been to space than led Fortune 500 firms. This article explores why—and what it reveals about leadership equity in corporate America.

The number of female CEOs leading Fortune 500 companies was flat at 52 between 2023 and 2024; in 2025, it’s up to 55. The Fortune 500 has for 71 years ranked the largest U.S. companies by revenue.

What stands out to me about this year’s Fortune 500 is a trend among new female CEOs. It’s become exceedingly rare for Fortune 500 companies to choose women as outside CEO hires. All of the ...

For the first time in history, 55 women are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies in 2025 — just over 11%. This marks progress from 52 women in both 2023 and 2024, though significant gender and racial ...

Walmart earned the top spot on the Fortune Global 500 list for the 12th straight year, followed by Amazon, State Grid, Saudi Aramco, and China National Petroleum. The top 10 Fortune Global 500 ...

While 11% of the Fortune 500 is now led by female CEOs, there’s another barrier that has proven near-impossible to break for women: founding and scaling a company to the list of America’s ...

previously told you, Duckett is one of two Black women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. Now, she is making headlines for her minority stake in the New York Liberty as part of an investor group ...

– Another one. Something’s in the air in recent weeks—female CEOs are leaving their jobs left and right. The latest major CEO to do so, after Hershey’s Michele Buck and X’s Linda Yaccarino, is Debra ...

Dive Brief: While almost all Fortune 500 companies made DEI commitments after the death of George Floyd, only 27% showed verified follow-through for women of color, according to an analysis from ...