8 Most Powerful Women in Business

Created By Holly Becker Zimmerman

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Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook):

Sandberg has not only worked for one of the

largest and most impressive technology companies for 4 years, she was just named to

the Board of Directors in June. For woman

working in a normally male-dominated industry,

this is impressive to say the least.

Indra Nooyi (CEO and Chair

of PepsiCo):

Nooyi has been ranked amongst

the top 20 women in business since 2006. Last years

she grew net revenue by 14%

and returned $5.6 billion to

shareholders.

Irene Rosenfeld (CEO of Mondelēz

International):

Rosenfeld started off as CEO of Kraft Foods

and guided the company through its

recent split, becoming the CEO of Mondelēz

International at the end of the road.

Virginia Rometty (CEO of IBM):

Rometty became CEO of IBM, one of the largest

technology companies in the world, in 2011 and

became the first women to ever lead the company.

It is over 100 years old and has over $100 in

revenue.

Ursula Burns (Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corp.):

Burns has been steadily working to turn Xerox into more than just a company that sells printers and ink. Under her lead she has been able to

turn managing electronic ticket transactions, road tolls and parking meters into half of the company’s revenue.

Meg Whitman (CEO of Hewlett-Packard):

Unfortunately, Whitman went from losing the 2010

California governor election to becoming the CEO of one of the most storied, and struggling, technology firms in the

world. Regardless of her success, the simple fact

that she was named CEO proves her business

acumen.

Maria das Gracas Silva Foster (Former CEO of

Petrobras):

The former CEO of one of the world’s largest oil companies, and also the first women in history to

ever be in charge of an oil company, Silva Foster was named

the Most Powerful Woman in Business (Outside of the US) by Fortune Magazine in 2013 and

number 16 on the Most Powerful Women in the World in 2014 by

Forbes Magazine.

Marissa Mayer (CEO of Yahoo):

Formerly the 20th employee at Google, an achievement in and of itself, she has been in charge of bring Yahoo back

from the brink and returning it to its former glory.

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