Famous Women Executives

Companies and corporations such as Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Avon products, Xerox, and Yahoo all have women CEO’s and chairmen. People generally think of presidents and chairmen of such famous corporations to be middle- aged men, but I was surprised at looking at this list that a lot of women are in charge of these companies. The year 2010 brought a lot of change to the top Fortune 500 companies by bringing in a lot of women CEO’s and chairmen. Atop “Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women” Indra Nooyi the chairman and CEO of PepsiCo brought in revenues projected to be around $60 billion. Another powerful chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods, Irene Rosenfeld, topped the list with raking in $48 billion dollars in revenue (Fortune, 2010). Some of the most relevant CEO’s to me are the women who are presidents of beauty product or skin care companies. Andrea Jung is the CEO of Avon beauty products and sits on many different boards there. Another famous executive is Sherilyn McCoy who runs the pharmaceutical groups at Johnson and Johnson.  Women seen to be taking control of bigger companies that are becoming more and more relevant in today’s society. Judy McGrath is the chairman and CEO of MTV networks and she has been in charge of shows such as the Jersey Shore and the Video Music Awards. These shows are very appealing to people in the 14-24 age group and these women seem to know how to target these type of audiences. All of these women seem to be doing something right with their corporations and are influencing many other women to push the boundaries of the “glass ceiling”.