Fortune's 2017 list of the 26 most powerful businesswomen in the world recognizes women who are able to steer a series of large enterprises with a total asset of 1.1 trillion USD. Notably, the 10 most powerful businesswomen on this list are all American citizens.
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Under pressure from many big rivals such as Ford and Tesla, Barra still helps GM develop steadily while Ford just had to fire its CEO. Photo: Womanomix |
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Dispelling speculation, Nooyi confirmed that she will not retire in the near future. PepsiCo's revenue in 2016 was almost the same as in 2015, but the company's profits increased by 16%. Photo: Ran.org |
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The female general of the Lockheed Martin weapons corporation helped the company's stock price grow 26% and revenue grow 17% in 2016. Photo: Forbes |
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Fidelity is on track for its fourth straight year of record revenue under Abigail Johnson. Photo: CNBC |
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Under Sandberg's leadership, ad sales in 2016 increased by 57% to a whopping $26.9 billion. Photo: Forbes |
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Pressure is mounting on Ms. Johnson as IBM posts declining profits. Photo: Bloomberg |
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Five years after her rescue plan for HP went into action, the company began to grow profits again, despite still having to cut divisions. Photo: CNN |
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She was the chief architect of Oracle's biggest expansion yet, hiring 5,000 more people across many areas of the company. Photo: Bloomberg |
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As US defense spending has shifted, General Dynamics' revenue has declined, but Nakapovic's strategy is helping the business grow in a new direction. Photo: Telegraph |
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Since she took over as CFO in 2015, shares of Alphabet, Google's parent company, have risen 70%. Photo: Asa Mathat |
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