Women CEOs: upcoming dates

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• Business09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Record 55 Women Run Fortune 500 Companies in 2026

  Manhattan, New York County, New York, United StatesFortune

  

  Starts 06/03/2026 10:30AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better123 days agoFortune's^[1][2][3] article is dated "June 3, 2026, 6:30 AM ET" and reports "a record 55 women lead Fortune 500 companies in 2026".

  Fortune counts 55 women leading companies on the 2026 Fortune 500, 11% of the list and the highest share in its 72-year history, despite the exits of Oracle's Safra Catz, Fannie Mae's Priscilla Almodovar and Hershey's Michele Buck.

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• Business09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Dow Names COO Karen S. Carter Its Next CEO

  Global Dow Center, 2211, H.H. Dow Way, Dow Chemical Company Headquarters, Midland, Midland County, Michigan, 48674, United StatesDow

  

  Starts 04/14/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better173 days agoThe release is datelined "MIDLAND, Mich., April 14, 2026" and says Dow^[1] "today announced" Carter's appointment as CEO "effective July 1, 2026".

  Dow appointed chief operating officer Karen S. Carter, a 30-year company veteran, to succeed Jim Fitterling as chief executive on 1 July 2026, which Fortune says makes her the first Black woman to lead a major US chemical company.

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• Business09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Citi Elects CEO Jane Fraser as Chair of Its Board

  388, Greenwich Street, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10013, United StatesCitigroup

  

  Starts 10/22/2025 8:15PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better347 days agoCiti's release is dated "October 22, 2025" ("Citi today announced"), and the Business Wire copy was published at 20:15 UTC that day.^[1]

  Citigroup's board elected chief executive Jane Fraser as chair, ending the split of the two roles, with former chair John Dugan becoming lead independent director and Fraser receiving a one-time $25 million stock award.

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• Business09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Women Run More Than 10% of the Fortune 500 for the First Time

  Manhattan, New York County, New York, United StatesFortune

  

  Starts 06/05/2023 10:45AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.3 years agoFortune's^[1][2] article is dated "June 5, 2023, 6:45 AM ET" and says "the 69th annual Fortune 500 ranking is out"; the PR Newswire^[3] release is datelined "NEW YORK, June 5, 2023".

  The 2023 Fortune 500 list counts 52 companies led by women, 10.4% of America's largest businesses and up from 44 a year earlier, the first time the share has passed 10% in the list's 69 years.

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