WASHINGTON 鈥� The chief executive officer of General Motors is the most powerful woman in business, Fortune says.
Mary Barra topped the magazine鈥檚 list of the , released Thursday.
Top 10 of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in 2015
- Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors
- Indra Nooyi, CEO and Chairman, PepsiCo
- Ginni Rometty, CEO, Chairman and President, IBM
- Marillyn Hewson, CEO, Chairman and President, Lockheed Martin
- Ellen Kullman, CEO and Chairman, DuPont
- Abigail Johnson, CEO and President, Fidelity Investments
- Meg Whitman, CEO, Chairman, and President, Hewlett-Packard
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
- Irene Rosenfeld, CEO and Chairman, Mondelez International
- Phebe Novakovic, CEO and Chairman, General Dynamics
Fortune says it made the picks based on the size and importance of the woman鈥檚 business; the health and direction of the business; the arc of the woman鈥檚 career, and social and cultural influence.
There are 27 CEOs on the list, which Fortune says is a record, adding that together, the women control more than $1 trillion in revenues. The first list came out in 1998 and was topped by Carly Fiorina. Singer Taylor Swift snagged a bonus slot on the list, coming in at No. 51.
In a post on its website explaining the list, , 鈥淓very year someone asks why we still need an issue devoted to the Most Powerful Women in business. 鈥榊ou鈥檇 never run a men鈥檚 issue,鈥� they say. 鈥淎ren鈥檛 you being sexist?鈥�
鈥淟et鈥檚 concede the obvious: For decades every issue of Fortune (and every other business publication) was a men鈥檚 issue. 鈥� These insightful and provocative stories reveal how power, leadership, ambition, and, yes, gender are playing out in the heart of business today.鈥�
