Among the 500 companies represented in Fortune’s flagship ranking ... Last year there were nine Black F500 CEOs, which set the record. The numbers have improved since 2020, when widespread ...

Black CEOs are making unprecedented waves and securing their positions as leaders of Fortune 500 companies. These trailblazers are not only breaking barriers but also setting new standards for ...

Toni Townes-Whitley’s hiring as CEO of SAIC last year saved the Fortune 500 from a sorry state: It had featured only one Black female CEO, TIAA’s Thasunda Brown Duckett.

Orlando Ashford has been named Interim CEO of the National Black MBA Association, bringing over 30 years of leadership to the ...

As of mid-2024, just eight Black CEOs are heading up companies in the Fortune 500. Let's dive in and take a closer look at three of the leading Black American CEOs. After the 2008-09 financial ...

Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of ...

Ursula Burns on the roles that confidence, risk-taking and the joy of crushing her adversaries played in her trajectory from intern to chief executive.

In 2021, Walgreens Boots Alliance appointed Brewer its CEO. Before then ... With so few Black women in the executive suite at Fortune 500 companies, Duckett more than likely has mentors and ...

On March 15, Brewer will become CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance—the nearly $140 billion retailer and pharmacy that ranks No. 19 on the Fortune 500. The stock was up nearly 8% in after-hours ...

Some 61% of Fortune 500 CEOs had no social media presence at all in 2015, which is actually an improvement from the 68% of CEOs with no social presence in 2014, according to a recent report from ...

(Dillon now leads Foot Locker, making her one of three women to ever run two Fortune 500 companies.) On Monday, Deanna Strable's tenure as CEO of Principal Financial Group became official.