Oct 27 2009
If success is measured by heading up a Fortune 500 company, then these 15 women CEOs have achieved a very specific pinnacle. According to Fortune magazine, the women listed in the table below were the top female CEOs of 2009.
Source:
"Women CEOs." Fortune at CNNMoney.com. 4 May 2009.
Fortune 500 Top Women CEOs
| CEO | Company | Rank |
| Patricia A. Woertz | Archer Daniels Midland | 27 |
| Angela F. Braly | WellPoint | 32 |
| Lynn L. Elsenhans | Sunoco | 41 |
| Indra K. Nooyi | PepsiCo | 52 |
| Irene B. Rosenfeld | Kraft Foods | 53 |
| Ellen J. Kullman | DuPont | 75 |
| Mary F. Sammons | Rite Aid | 100 |
| Carol M. Meyrowitz | TJX | 131 |
| Anne M. Mulcahy | Xerox | 147 |
| Brenda C. Barnes | Sara Lee | 199 |
| Andrea Jung | Avon Products | 255 |
| Laura J. Sen | BJ's Wholesale Club | 269 |
| Susan M. Ivey | Reynolds American | 294 |
| Carol A. Bartz | Yahoo | 345 |
| Christina A. Gold | Western Union | 451 |
