How the pandemic has affected working women
More women are climbing the corporate ladder. But more are also dropping off it
WOMEN IN BUSINESS have broken three records of late. The number of female bosses at the helm of Fortune 500 companies in America is at an all-time high of 41. In 2021 CVS Health, the country’s fourth-biggest firm by revenue, became the largest to be run by a woman, Karen Lynch (pictured). And for the first time, two giant businesses—Walgreens Boots Alliance, another chemist, and TIAA, a financial-services firm—are run by black women.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “No-ceiling fans”
Business March 12th 2022
From the March 12th 2022 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Business
Meet the ambitious wolf cubs of Wall Street
A duo of whippersnappers is taking on Goldman Sachs
What next for US Steel?
The faded industrial icon has few good options without a Nippon deal
Foxconn and other gadget-makers are expanding their empires
The world’s contract manufacturers are moving into new products and places
The signals of workplace submissiveness
Deference is all around you, unfortunately
America’s internet giants are being outplayed in the global south
From e-commerce to online banking, regional competitors are innovating rapidly
Will Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump gamble pay off?
He risks making enemies elsewhere