{"id":36747,"date":"2023-01-29T00:22:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T05:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/?p=36747"},"modified":"2023-01-30T19:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T00:01:23","slug":"new-year-new-glass-heights-women-now-comprise-10-of-top-u-s-corporation-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/new-year-new-glass-heights-women-now-comprise-10-of-top-u-s-corporation-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Glass Heights: Women Now Comprise 10% Of Top U.S. Corporation CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"
>> Back to February 2023 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n
“Women’s Strike For Equality” a New York City protest march organized by the National Organization for Women in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 19th amendment, for abortion on demand, equality in the workplace and free childcare. (photo by Bob Parent\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/h5>\n

New Year’s Day made good on its promise of new beginnings. January 1 was the start date of five new women helming Fortune 500 companies, bringing the total number of female CEOs to 53. Which means, for the first time\u2014after years of being\u00a0<\/span>stuck at the 8% mark<\/span><\/a>\u2014over 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to ask (<\/span>as this very writer has<\/span><\/a>) whether it\u2019s worth celebrating a meager 2% difference, especially when it also makes clear how far we still have to go for equal representation (almost five times where we\u2019re at today). Yet, these victories, however small, do matter. After all, the biggest leaps require innumerable small steps to make them possible. So before rolling up our sleeves and getting back to work, let’s take a moment to recognize how far we’ve come by celebrating some of the history-making women who brought us over the 10% line.<\/span><\/p>\n

Serving as an excellent example of how the promotion pipeline should work for women, all five who began their tenure New Year\u2019s Day were promoted to CEO from within their organizations. Karla Lewis was appointed CEO of Reliance Steel & Aluminum after serving over three decades with the multibillion-dollar metal solutions company. Lewis first joined Reliance in 1992 as corporate controller and has worked her way up the corporate ladder, holding various positions, including CFO<\/span>CFO<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>+0.1%<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and senior executive vice-president.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another veteran at the company she now leads, Julia Sloat is the seventh and newest CEO of American Electric<\/span>AEP<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>+0.1%<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Power, an Ohio-based company that serves over 5 million customers in 11 states. Sloat joined the company in 1999 as a senior analyst and has since served as CFO and COO. Her tenure comes at a critical time for AEP, as it transitions away from fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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