The number of female CEOS in Fortune 500 companies hit a record high
There is still some way to go before we achieve anything resembling equality at the highest echelons of business but there were some signs in 2020 that we are on the right path. The number of female CEOs in Fortune 500 companies reached 41 this year. Katharine Graham was the first woman to make the list in 1972 when she became CEO of The Washington Post. Since then, she has paved the path for many more including Best Buy s Corie Barry, Upwork s Hayden Brown and CVS Health Corp s Karen Lynch.
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