2019 Fortune 500 - 65th annual Fortune 500 list released Thursday May 16,2019

Fortune magazine released its 65th annual Fortune 500 list on Thursday May 16,2019, reporting that female CEOs will lead 33 of the US's highest-earning companies by June 1

While the number reflects a tiny proportion of the full list - just 6.6 percent - it's a notable rise from last year, when the number of companies headed by women dipped to 24, following the departures of prominent female executives such as PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi. 

The Fortune 500 in numbers

6.6%

of Fortune 500 companies have a female CEO

$13.7 trillion

in revenues generated by featured businesses

2/3

of US GDP is represented by Fortune 500 companies

28.7 million

people are employed by the featured businesses

9

companies made their debut in the 2019 list

56

businesses have been featured every year since the list began in 1955

81 years

average age of featured companies