most powerful women

There’s still much to be untangled about all the ways, big and small, in which the pandemic has remade our lives. But here’s what we do know: The past 18 months have radically altered the course of women’s careers. This year’s Most Powerful Women ranking illustrates that even those at the top of corporate America aren’t immune. Five of the women in our top 10 became CEOs during the pandemic, thrown into the fire of leading in a period of extreme uncertainty. Rosalind Brewer and Thasunda Brown Duckett became two of the four Black women to ever run <a href="https://fortune.com/fortune500/">Fortune 500</a> companies. For the first time, we have two women sharing a job and therefore a spot on the list, and our 2021 ranking also includes five newcomers. If there’s one thing we can learn from the women on this list, it’s that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

Karen Lynch

Jane Fraser

Julie Sweet

Carol Tomé

Mary Barra

Rosalind Brewer

Gail Boudreaux

Abigail Johnson

Ruth Porat

Thasunda Brown Duckett

Angela Hwang

Sheryl Sandberg

Corie Barry

Judith McKenna

Safra Catz

Amy Hood

Alicia Boler Davis

Susan Wojcicki

Ann-Marie Campbell

Phebe Novakovic

Tricia Griffith

Marianne Lake and Jennifer Piepszak

Kathy Warden

Kathryn McLay

Beth Ford

Lynn Good

Deirdre O'Brien

Shari Redstone

Revathi Advaithi

Leanne Caret

Lisa Su

Jennifer Taubert

Lisa Jackson

Penny Pennington

Sonia Syngal

Bela Bajaria

Kelly Grier

Michele Buck

Mary Mack

Mellody Hobson

Gwynne Shotwell

Barbara Whye

Adena Friedman

Anne Chow

Heidi O'Neill

Tami Erwin

Jennifer Salke

Kathryn Farmer

Stephanie Cohen

Shar Dubey

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Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list ranks the 50 most influential and powerful women in business today, from chairmans to chief executives.

The 50 Most Powerful Women

Rank

Affiliation

2020 Rank

Most Powerful Women

There’s still much to be untangled about all the ways, big and small, in which the pandemic has remade our lives. But here’s what we do know: The past 18 months have radically altered the course of women’s careers. This year’s Most Powerful Women ranking illustrates that even those at the top of corporate America aren’t immune. Five of the women in our top 10 became CEOs during the pandemic, thrown into the fire of leading in a period of extreme uncertainty. Rosalind Brewer and Thasunda Brown Duckett became two of the four Black women to ever run Fortune 500 companies. For the first time, we have two women sharing a job and therefore a spot on the list, and our 2021 ranking also includes five newcomers. If there’s one thing we can learn from the women on this list, it’s that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

Most Powerful Women | Fortune

Remove Rank	Remove Name	Remove Affiliation	Remove Age	Remove 2020 Rank
1	Karen Lynch	CVS Health	58	13
2	Jane Fraser	Citi	54	6
3	Julie Sweet	Accenture	53	1
4	Carol Tomé	UPS	64	5
5	Mary Barra	General Motors	59	2
6	Rosalind Brewer	Walgreens Boots Alliance	59	27
7	Gail Boudreaux	Anthem	61	4
8	Abigail Johnson	Fidelity Investments	59	3
9	Ruth Porat	Google, Alphabet	63	7
10	Thasunda Brown Duckett	TIAA	48	30