Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Halla Tomasdottir will turn into Iceland’s subsequent president, Outside Voices will get a brand new proprietor, and girls run 10% of firms on this yr’s Fortune 500—once more. Have a considerate Tuesday!
– Nonetheless 10%. The 2024 version of the Fortune 500—Fortune’s flagship rating of the most important American companies by income—is out right this moment, and meaning we’ve some new perception into the range of CEOs main the U.S.’s high firms.
Total, the story is extra of the identical: The share of Fortune 500 firms run by feminine CEOs held regular from this time final yr at 10.4%. Since that stat first crossed the ten% threshold initially of 2023, the quantity has barely budged.
This yr, 52 out of 500 Fortune 500 chief executives are ladies. Newbies embody JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty, the primary girl to run a serious U.S. airline; Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin; and Sherwin-Williams CEO Heidi Petz.
Departing names and firms embody Walgreens, which parted methods with CEO Roz Brewer (whereas her interim successor, Ginger Graham, was a lady, the corporate opted for a male CEO as its everlasting alternative); Ceremony Assist, which minimize ties with CEO Heyward Donigan earlier than it filed for chapter; and Mattress, Tub, and Past, which had been led by ladies via its tumultuous decline and supreme model enterprise sell-off to Overstock.
Brewer’s exit misplaced the Fortune 500 considered one of its only a few Black feminine CEOs; remaining are TIAA chief Thasunda Brown Duckett and Toni Townes-Whitley, the brand new chief of SAIC, who took over in a uncommon feminine CEO-to-female CEO handoff.
Whereas the share of Fortune 500 companies led by ladies appears to have stalled round 10%, that quantity represents a big leap from simply six years in the past, when solely 24 Fortune 500 companies had feminine leaders, and from when our information begins in 1998. Then, there have been solely two feminine Fortune 500 CEOs—whole.
For a extra detailed report on this yr’s Fortune 500 and the complete record of feminine CEOs, learn my full story right here.
Emma Hinchliffe
emma.hinchliffe@fortune.com
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ALSO IN THE HEADLINES
– Voted in. Entrepreneur Halla Tomasdottir received Iceland’s presidential election on Saturday with 34% of the vote. Tomasdottir will take over the primarily ceremonial position within the nation identified for its work boosting gender equality. She has expertise as founding father of Audur Capital, a defunct monetary companies firm designed to convey the attitude of girls into the trade. Reuters
– Payday. The very best-paid feminine CEO this previous fiscal yr was Superior Micro Gadget’s Lisa Su, for the fifth yr operating, with $30.3 million in compensation. The median pay package deal for feminine CEOs rose 21% to $17.6 million. Related Press
– Bringing Outside in. Non-public fairness agency Consortium Model Companions has acquired Outside Voices, the once-viral clothes model based by Ty Haney. The agency, which additionally owns 70% of Reese Witherspoon’s clothes line Draper James, is optimistic about revamping the corporate. Fortune
– Main the robots. Waymo is main the robo-taxi trade thanks partially to management from co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana, who’s answerable for commercializing the corporate’s self-driving know-how. The corporate has skilled much more success than its rivals, however faces its personal potential regulatory points. Fortune
– Nonetheless fearless. Within the newest twist in Fearless Fund’s authorized battle, the agency has been prevented from handing out its $20,000 grants to Black ladies whereas the case strikes via the authorized system. Founder Arian Simone referred to as the ruling “devastating.” Washington Submit
MOVERS AND SHAKERS: ProPublica named Ginger Thompson managing editor. Wealthy Expertise Group founder Jana Wealthy will transfer from CEO to govt chair, whereas Nicole Reboe turns into CEO.
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PARTING WORDS
“I feel like most of the time, if I’m not stressing or have anxiety, I do feel like I’m having fun. So it’s good to have that and feel that again.”
— Simone Biles, probably the most adorned gymnast in historical past, after profitable her ninth U.S. all-around title on Sunday
