most powerful women international

You still have to squint to spot the women leading large global businesses. In 2019, female executives helmed just 14 of the world’s 500 largest companies—and that was actually an improvement over the previous year, when there were only 12. But zooming out—as Fortune does each year with this list—at women in powerful jobs across the international landscape (outside the U.S.), there’s reason to think there’s bigger change afoot. <a href="https://fortune.com/franchise-list-page/mpw-international-2019/">Read more</a>

Ana Botín

Emma Walmsley

Dong Mingzhu

Jessica Tan

Isabelle Kocher

Alison Rose

Shemara Wikramanayake

Alison Cooper

Anne Rigail

Maggie Wu

Isabel Ge Mahe

Wang Fengying

Hilde Aasheim

Chua Sock Koong

Wu Yajun

Michelle Scrimgeour

Joey Wat

Dominique Senequier

Ho Ching

Jean Liu

Ilham Kadri

Junko Nakagawa

Anne Richards

Linda Jackson

Jessica Uhl

Ornella Barra

Adaire Fox-Martin

Rachel Duan

Susanne Schaffert

Harriet Green

Helle Østergaard Kristiansen

Maki Akaida

Ann Cairns

Emma FitzGerald

Nancy McKinstry

R. Alexandra Keith

Fama Francisco

Jane Jie Sun

Han Seong-Sook

Belinda Wong

Carolyn McCall

Paula Santilli

Gina Rinehart

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus

Wei Sun Christianson

Yang Huiyan

Linda Hasenfratz

Nunu Ntshingila

Andrea Marques de Almeida

Renuka Jagtiani

legacy

These are the 50 most powerful women in business who work outside of the U.S., all over the world.

The 50 Most Powerful Women: International Edition

Rank

Most Powerful Women International

You still have to squint to spot the women leading large global businesses. In 2019, female executives helmed just 14 of the world’s 500 largest companies—and that was actually an improvement over the previous year, when there were only 12. But zooming out—as Fortune does each year with this list—at women in powerful jobs across the international landscape (outside the U.S.), there’s reason to think there’s bigger change afoot. Read more

Most Powerful Women International | Fortune