News & Views Just 13 women lead world’s 500 biggest companies. And no women of colour For the first time in six years, no women of colour CEOs are on this year’s Global 500 list, and only 13 women made made the cut.
News & Views Women lead just 2.8% of the world’s biggest companies Of the CEOs in the Fortune 500 companies, 33 are women – an all time record. That’s 6.6%. Of the 500 biggest global companies, it’s 2.8%.