— -- A new record has been set for female leadership: More women are slated to take the reins of Fortune 500 companies than ever before. On Tuesday, IBM tapped Virginia "Ginni" Rometty to succeed ...

In today’s edition: Kamala’s new book, the tariff deluge, and a record for the Global 500. – Record-setting. Fortune‘s Global 500, a ranking of the world’s largest companies, was published earlier ...

Jun 30, 2025, 7:54am EDT Updated: Jul 4, 2025, 8:49am EDT TIAA Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO of TIAA, is one of two Black women among the 55 female CEOs on Fortune's top 500 list. For the first time in ...

Black CEOs represent just 2% of the largest U.S. corporations.

With the resignation of PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, there will be only 23 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, down from 32 in 2017, according to MarketWatch. Though high-profile female executives such ...

Michele Buck is stepping down as the CEO of Hershey after eight years. – Sweet and sour. The Fortune 500 will soon be down one female CEO after Hershey’s announced yesterday that longtime chief ...

TIAA President and CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett is now an investor in the WNBA’s New York Liberty. The investment group, with each share a percentage in the “mid-teens”, also includes Alibaba Founder ...

Black women have made more strides in outer space than they have in corporate America. The newly released 2025 Fortune 500 CEO list underscores the significant disparities Black women continue to face ...

– Sweet and sour. The Fortune 500 will soon be down one female CEO after Hershey’s announced yesterday that longtime chief Michele Buck will hand over the reins of the $11.2 billion-in-revenue ...