Fortune’s most powerful women in tech
Tech’s female heavyweights account for four of the top 10 places in the latest edition of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.
Last year’s top woman, Ginni Rometty, chairman, president, and CEO of IBM retains her spot in 2013.
Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO of food and beverage company, PepsiCo also retains her number two ranking on the list.
Ellen Kullman, chairman and CEO of chemical company, DuPont moves up two places to third in 2013, while Marillyn Hewson, CEO and president of Lockheed Martin is a major climber to fourth on the list from her ranking of 19th in 2012.
Hewson only stepped into the top job at Lockheed in January.
Sheryl Sandberg, COO at social networking giant, Facebook also climbs to fifth, from eighth having launched Lean In, a bestselling book which sent her status into orbit.
Irene Rosenfeld, chairman and CEO of American multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate, Mondelez International, drops down two places in 2013, from fourth last year, having divided Kraft in two, and thereby overseeing a smaller operation as head of Mondelez International (Kraft’s former global snacking business).
Patricia Woertz, chairman, president, and CEO of food-processing and commodities-trading corporation, Archer Daniels Midland drops one place to seventh on Fortune’s list.
CEO of Yahoo, the multinational Internet corporation, Marissa Mayer is another big climber on the list, up to eighth from her prior ranking of 14th.
“Investors are happy: the stock is up 111% in the past 12 months, which has, in turn, lifted Mayer’s fortunes. Her 2012 total pay, including stock option awards, was $36.6 million, according to Equilar, a specialist in executive compensation data,” Fortune said.
Ninth on the list is Meg Whitman, CEO of PC giant HP, although she is down from third in 2012.
“HP was a mess when Whitman arrived—and still is. Competition is brutal in the shrinking PC business, and the Dow Jones industrial average booted HP from its ranks. On the flip side, Whitman has juiced the stock 47% this year while rejiggering the management team,” Fortune said.
Rounding out the top 10 is Abigail Johnson, president at FMR (Fidelity Investments), who was ranked ninth in 2012.
| # 2013 |
# 2012 |
Name | Company |
| 1 | 1 | Ginni Rometty | IBM |
| 2 | 2 | Indra Nooyi | PepsiCo |
| 3 | 5 | Ellen Kullman | DuPont |
| 4 | 19 | Marillyn Hewson | Lockheed Martin |
| 5 | 8 | Sheryl Sandberg | |
| 6 | 4 | Irene Rosenfeld | Mondelez International |
| 7 | 6 | Patricia Woertz | Archer Daniels Midland |
| 8 | 14 | Marissa Mayer | Yahoo |
| 9 | 3 | Meg Whitman | Hewlett Packard |
| 10 | 9 | Abigail Johnson | Fidelity Investments |
A full list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business can be found here
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