Fortune 500 - 15 Women CEOs

From Fortune:

From health care, to food, to retail, to technology, these 15 women show what it takes to lead some of the nation's biggest companies.

Brief vingettes of 15 notable women in the business world.


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This is a groundbreaking day in American business. With the decision of Anne Mulcahy to pass the chief executive role at Xerox to Ursula Burns, the Fortune 500 has its first ever woman-to-woman CEO hand-off. The transition, due July 1, will also make Burns, 50, the first African-American female CEO in the Fortune 500.