Mary Barra, named by General Motors last Tuesday as its next CEO, will be the first woman to run a major automobile maker. She joins just 22 other female CEOs among U.S. companies in the Fortune 500. Here’s a look at the group:
GENERAL MOTORS
• Annual revenue: $152 billion
• Market value: $56 billion
• CEO: Mary Barra, taking over in January 2014
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
• Annual revenue: $112 billion
• Market value: $52 billion
• CEO: Margaret Whitman, took over in September 2011
IBM CORP.
• Annual revenue: $105 billion
• Market value: $192 billion
• CEO: Virginia Rometty, took over in January 2012
PEPSICO INC.
• Annual revenue: $65 billion
• Market value: $126 billion
• CEO: Indra Nooyi, took over in October 2006
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.
• Annual revenue: $89 billion.
• Market value: $28 billion
• CEO: Patricia Woertz, took over in April 2006
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.
• Annual revenue: $47 billion
• Market value: $45 billion
• CEO: Marillyn Hewson, took over in January 2013
DUPONT CO.
• Annual revenue: $35 billion
• Market value: $57 billion
• CEO: Ellen Kullman, took over in January 2009
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC.
• Annual revenue: $35 billion
• Market value: $60 billion
• CEO: Irene Rosenfeld, took over in June 2006 (company was known as Kraft Foods)
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.
• Annual revenue: $32 billion
• Market value: $32 billion
• CEO: Phebe Nokakovic, took over in January 2013
TJX COS. INC.
• Annual revenue: $26 billion
• Market value: $44 billion
• CEO: Carol Meyrowitz, took over in January 2007
XEROX CORP.
• Annual revenue: $22 billion
• Market value: $14 billion
• CEO: Ursula Burns, took over in July 2009
DUKE ENERGY CORP.
• Annual revenue: $20 billion
• Market value: $49 billion
• CEO: Lynn Good, took over in July 2013
AVON PRODUCTS INC.
• Annual revenue: $11 billion
• Market value: $8 billion
• CEO: Sherilyn McCoy, took over in April 2012
SEMPRA ENERGY
• Annual revenue: $10 billion
• Market value: $21 billion
• CEO: Debra Reed, took over in June 2011
GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA
• Annual revenue: $8 billion
• Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)
• CEO: Deanna Mulligan, took over in July 2011
CAMPBELL SOUP CO.
• Annual revenue: $8 billion
• Market value: $13 billion
CEO: Denise Morrison,* took over in August 2011. Note: Morrison is a board member at Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
MYLAN INC.
• Annual revenue: $7 billion
• Market value: $16 billion
• CEO: Heather Bresch, took over in January 2012
INGREDION INC.
• Annual revenue: $7 billion
• Market value: $5 billion
• CEO: Ilene Gordon, took over in May 2009
CH2M HILL COS.
• Annual revenue: $6 billion
• Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)
• CEO: Jacqueline Hinman, taking over in January 2014
GRAYBAR ELECTRIC
• Annual revenue: $5 billion
• Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)
• CEO: Kathleen Mazzarella, took over in June 2012
GANNETT CO.
• Annual revenue: $5 billion
• Market value: $6 billion
• CEO: Gracia Martore, took over in October 2011
FRONTIER COMNUNICATIONS CORP.
• Annual revenue: $5 billion
• Market value: $5 billion
• CEO: Maggie Wilderotter,* took over in January 2006
YAHOO INC.
• Annual revenue: $5 billion
• Market value: $41 billion
• CEO: Marissa Mayer, took over in July 2012
*Campbell Soup’s Denise Morrison and Frontier’s Maggie Wilderotter are sisters.
Note: Revenue figures are the latest full fiscal year available. Market values were based on Tuesday stock prices, according to research firm FactSet.