Just one woman has ever founded and led a Fortune 500 company. Here’s her story

fortune.com/2025/06/06/fortune-500-female-founders-ceos-only-one-marion-sandler-golden-west-financial

Another glass ceiling. While 11% of the Fortune 500 is now led by female CEOs, there’s another barrier that has proven near-impossible to break for women: founding and scaling a company to the list of America’s largest businesses by revenue.
Only one female founder-CEO in the 70-year…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-06-06 13:05:46.
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