With Mylan Pharmaceuticals' announcement today that Heather Bresch -- company president and daughter of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin -- would succeed outgoing CEO Robert Coury, the number of female CEOs on the Forbes Fortune 500 list reached 18, a new record.
At 42, Bresch is the youngest female CEO on the list. Though joining the ranks of the Fortune 500 CEO club puts her in the company of some of the most prolific and successful Post50 women in the world.
At #11, Hewlitt-Packard CEO and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman leads the charge as the first woman named on a list that also includes such titans as Andrea Jung, Indra Nooyi and Patricia Woertz.
Here are the 16 Post50 women named by Forbes in its annual top Fortune 500 CEOs list:
Whitman, a former eBay chief executive, was named chief executive of Hewlett-Packard in September of 2011. Whitman became a billionaire at eBay, growing the company from a start-up to a major online retailer and ran for governor of California in 2009.
#18 Ginni Rometty
Rommetty, a former senior vice president at IBM was just named chief executive of the company this past Tuesday, Oct. 25. Rometty, 53, joined I.B.M. in 1981 as a systems engineer and in 2002, championed the purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, for $3.5 billion.
#39 Patricia A. Woertz
Woertz, 58, is chairman of the board of directors, chief executive officer and president of Archer Daniels Midland Company. She started her career as a certified public accountant with Ernst & Ernst and ran Chevron's $194 billion downstream division, according to Forbes. At Archer Daniels Midland, Woertz hosts an annual company town hall, where she answers questions from employees around the world.
#42 Angela Braly
Braly, 50, has been the President and CEO of WellPoint since June 2007. Braly has also served as President and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri and a director of The Procter & Gamble Company.
#43 Indra Nooyi
Nooyi, 55, worked for Motorola between 1986 and 1994 as Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning. She was named President and CEO of PepsiCo on Oct. 1, 2006.
#49 Irene Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld became CEO of Kraft Foods in 2006 and was Chairman and CEO of Frito-Lay from 2004 to 2006. The 58-year-old was also key in serving on the team that successfully integrated the Nabisco and LU biscuits businesses.
#68 Lynn Elsenhans
Elsenhans, 55, was elected CEO of Sunoco in July 2010, having been a Chairman since 2009. Prior to Sunoco, she was Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing for Shell Downstream Inc from 2005 to 2008.
#84 Ellen Kullman
After working at General Electric, Kullman, 55, began her career at DuPont in 1988 as a marketing manager. She climbed the DuPont ladder and became CEO and chair of the board in 2009.
#119 Carol Meyrowitz
Meyrowitz, 57, held various senior management positions with The Marmaxx Group and with Chadwick's of Boston prior to becoming CEO of TJX in 2007. She is also a director of Amscan Holdings, Inc. and Staples, Inc.
#121 Ursula Burns
Burns, 53, joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern. In April 2007, she was named president of Xerox and became CEO in July 2009.
#221 Laura Sen
Sen has 30 years experience in mass retailing and is a member of BJ's Executive, Finance, and Information Technology Committees. The 54-year-old has served as President and CEO since February 2009.
#226 Andrea Jung
Before joining Avon, Jung was Executive Vice President at Neiman Marcus from 1991 to 1993. Jung, 52, was appointed CEO of Avon in 1991.
#274 Debra Reed
Before her current position as CEO of the San Diego-based Sempra Energy, Reed served as president and chief operating officer of SDG&E and SoCalGas from 2004 to 2006. She is 55. Correction: A previous version of the article incorrectly stated Reed's age as 52.
#312 Denise Morrison
Morrison, 56, joined the Campbell Soup Company in 2003 as President of Global Sales and Chief Customer Officer. Previous to Campbell Soup, she served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Kraft Food's Snacks and Confections Divisions. She was named CEO of Campbell Soup in August 2011.
#415 Gracia Martore
After working in the banking industry for 12 years, Martore joined Gannett in 1985 as Assistant Treasurer. The 59-year-old was named President and CEO of Gannett on Oct. 6.
#417 Beth Mooney
Mooney has more than 30 years of experience in retail banking, commercial lending and real estate financing. Before joining KeyCorp, she served as Senior Executive Vice President at AmSouth Bancorp, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 2004. Mooney, 55, was appointed CEO of KeyCorp on May 1.
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