10 Most Influential Female
Business Leaders 1. Irene Rosenfeld - Chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods - Age 58
Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods in June 2006 and Chairman of Kraft Foods in March 2007 Irene Rosenfield is a 20 year Kraft veteran who has overseen the global expansion of the company including the unpopular but strategically savvy acquisition of Cadburys.
2. Indra Nooyi - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo - Age 55
Indra heads up the world’s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that each generate more than $1 billion in annual retail sales- Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito- Lay, and Pepsi-Cola in more than 200 countries. With approximately $60 billion in revenue, PepsiCo employs nearly 300,000 people worldwide. Mrs Nooyi’s rise to the top of one of the worlds most recognizable brands has been calculated having previously held the roles of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development.
3. Patricia Woertz - Chairman, CEO, and President of Archer Daniels Midland - Age: 58
Patricia Ann Woertz became CEO of agricultural commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland in 2006. Formerly an Executive Vice President
at Chevron Corporation, is quoted as
having said of her appointment “I’m outside the company, outside the industry, outside the family, outside the gender expectations.” The processor of agricultural commodities like oil seeds, corn, and pushed into developing regions such as South America, with plans to build a biodiesel plant in Brazil and a soybean facility in Paraguay.
5. Sherilyn McCoy - Worldwide chairman, Pharmaceuticals of Johnson and JohnsonGroup - Age: 51
Johnson and Johnsons the health care giant’s consumer division may have been under fire in the US, but McCoy’s $22.5 billion unit has 11 new drug filings planned for the next three years - one of its deepest pipelines ever.
4. Andrea Jung - Chairman &
Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc. - Age: 52
Andrea Jung was appointed CEO in 1999 and elected Chairman in 2001 and is responsible for developing and executing all of the company’s long-term growth strategies, launching new brand initiatives, developing earnings opportunities for
women
worldwide, and defining Avon as the premier direct seller of beauty products.
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