Most Powerful Women

Since 1998, Fortune has ranked the Most Powerful Women in Business using four criteria: the size and importance of each woman’s business in the global economy; the health and direction of the business; the arc of her career; and her social and cultural influence. In 2020, we added a new dimension—how the executive is wielding her power. In this moment of crisis and uncertainty, we asked: Is she using her influence to shape her company and the wider world for the better?
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    Julie Sweet
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    Mary Barra
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    Abigail Johnson
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    Gail Boudreaux
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    Carol Tomé
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    Jane Fraser
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    Ruth Porat
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    Sheryl Sandberg
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    Corie Barry
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    Judith McKenna
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    Safra Catz
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    Alicia Boler Davis
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    Karen Lynch
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    Phebe Novakovic
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    Ann-Marie Campbell
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    Angela Hwang
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    Amy Hood
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    Susan Wojcicki
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    Tricia Griffith
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    Kathy Warden
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    Shari Redstone
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    Marianne Lake
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    Lynn Good
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    Margaret Keane
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    Leanne Caret
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    Jenn Piepszak
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    Roz Brewer
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    Beth Ford
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    Deirdre O’Brien
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    Thasunda Brown Duckett
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    Kathryn McLay
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    Lisa Su
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    Penny Pennington
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    Jennifer Taubert
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    Lisa Jackson
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    Revathi Advaithi
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    Mary Mack
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    Sonia Syngal
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    Kelly Grier
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    Barbara Whye
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    Michele Buck
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    Kathryn Farmer
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    Bela Bajaria
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    Anne Chow
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    Mellody Hobson
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    Tami Erwin
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    Anne Finucane
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    Gwynne Shotwell
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    Mary Dillon
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    Dana Canedy