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Fortune 500 Women CEOs hits a record 18

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Patricia Sellers
Patricia Sellers
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Patricia Sellers
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October 26, 2011, 2:52 PM ET

This morning—one day after IBM disclosed that Ginni Rometty will be its new chief–pharma company Mylan announced that Heather Bresch is its new leader.

And with that, the number of female Fortune 500 CEOs reaches a record 18. Here are the women leading America’s largest corporations, with their company’s rank in the Fortune 500.

11. Meg Whitman – Hewlett-Packard

18. Ginni Rometty – IBM

39. Patricia A. Woertz – Archer Daniels Midland

42. Angela Braly – WellPoint

43. Indra Nooyi – PepsiCo

49. Irene Rosenfeld – Kraft Foods

68. Lynn L. Elsenhans – Sunoco

84. Ellen J. Kullman – DuPont

119. Carol Meyrowitz – TJX Companies Inc.

121. Ursula M. Burns – Xerox

221. Laura Sen – BJ’s Wholesale Club

226. Andrea Jung – Avon Products

245. Deanna Mulligan – Guardian Life Ins. Of America

274. Debra Reed – Sempra Energy

312. Denise Morrison – Campbell Soup

415. Gracia Martore – Gannett

417. Beth Mooney – KeyCorp

418. Heather Bresch – Mylan

Meet all of the 18 female Fortune 500 CEOs.

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