Most Powerful Women

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Susan Cameron

Nick Greenway
  • Title
    CEO and President
  • Affiliation
    Reynolds American
  • Age
    57

After closing the June 2015 ­Lorillard deal for $27.4 billion—then the largest-ever led by a female CEO—and boosting tobacco giant Reynolds American’s market cap by 19% in the past year, Cameron is a bona fide corporate rock star—again. After retiring from the company in 2011, she returned as CEO three years later for a second tour of duty, devoted to bringing the Newport brand, then owned by Lorillard, into Reynolds American’s orbit. The question: How much longer will Cameron stay? Some analysts think she could step down as soon as November.

Personal Information

Previous Rank25
Newcomer?No

Company Financials (2015, or most recently completed fiscal year)

Revenues ($B)107
Profits ($B)33
Market Value as of 8/26/16 ($M)71182