Who are the female CEOs leading America’s biggest companies?
👠🚪 Another female CEO is heading out the door.
Irene Rosenfeld is stepping down as CEO of Mondelez International, the company announced today. She will hand the baton over to McCain Foods CEO Dirk Van de Put in November.
She’s the latest female CEO to depart a major company. Ursula Burns recently left Xerox and Marissa Mayer is no longer the head of Yahoo.
Still, there are around 30 female CEOs remaining on the Fortune 500 list — that’s about 6%.
So, who are the other women shoring up America’s most valuable companies?
Mary Barra
CEO of General Motors
Barra was the first woman to head a major automaker when she took over in 2014. Now, she has the biggest paycheck among any auto CEO in the world, taking home $22.6 million in 2016.
She’s seen the company through some tough times: GM came under fire when a faulty ignition switch led to 124 deaths.
In 2016, she was named #1 on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list.
Fun fact: She got her start at GM as an intern when she was just 18.
Related: Mary Barra in 83 seconds
Ginni Rometty
CEO of IBM
Rometty started her career with IBM in Detroit in 1981. She dabbled in a number of roles before eventually taking over the computer manufacturing company in 2012.
Since coming on board, Rometty has tried to keep IBM at the forefront of technology, especially with its cognitive computing system Watson.
She was one of the 18 tech execs who paid a visit to the White House for the first American Technology Council meeting this year.
Fun fact: Her full name is Virginia Marie Rometty.
Related: IBM’s CEO on how technology can learn creativity
Indra Nooyi
CEO of PepsiCo
Nooyi got her first taste working for Pepsi back in 1994. She was named CEO in 2006 and has since guided the food and beverage company — with brands like Gatorade and Lays under its belt — to success in the U.S. and internationally.
In 2016, her salary jumped from $26.4 million to $29.8 million due to strong performance.
Fun fact: She was born in India.
