if you re wondering, yes, she s the first woman ceo ever in the auto industry, which is in and of itself undeniably awesome news. the news was met with glowing headlines. first woman car chief, breaking glass ceilings, a company woman. even though this is tremendous news, very important company, we should not let it obscure the biggest picture of how far women still have to climb in the business world. mary barra becomes the 23rd ceo to currently run a fortune 500 company, the total number of ceos at only 23 out of the whole fortune 500, that s only 4.5%. more work to do indeed. in board rooms, the number of corporate directors is only around 16%. which is better, but still not close to 50%. the pay gap has started to narrow in recent decades according to q research. young women starting out their career are now making 93 cents for every dollar a man makes. that doesn t make a whole lot of sense when you consider that more of those women have