The Power Women 50 Index
Do women CEOs outperform men CEOs? We are about to find out.
Introducing the Power Women 50 Index.
The cover story in the current Fortune Magazine (October 15, 2007) features the 50 most powerful women. A quick scan of the list includes twelve CEOs of publicly traded companies (today's closing share price and stock symbol are provided):
- Indra Nooyi, Pepsico, $71.77 (PEP);
- Anne Mulcahy, Xerox, $17.06 (XRX);
- Meg Whitman, eBay, $39.08 (EBAY);
- Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods, $33.53 (KFT);
- Pat Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland, $34.90 (ADM);
- Andrea Jung, Avon Products, $37.54 (AVP);
- Brenda Barnes, Sara Lee, $16.02 (SLE);
- Carol Meyrowitz, TJX, $30.83 (TJX);
- Mary Sammons, Rite Aid,$4.33 (RAD);
- Julia Stewart, $64.85 (IHP);
- Angela Braly, Wellpoint, $78.56 (WLP);
- Diane Greene, WMware, $109.69, (VMW).
Assume an intial investment of $100,000 evenly spread over the twelve women-led companies. We will benchmark the Power Women 50 Index against the overall S&P 500 Index.The S&P 500 Index closed at 1554.41 today. Until our new website www.PowerWomen50.com is launched, we will track the index on www.SacWomen.com.
Do women make better CEOs? We are about to find the answer!
Pierre Cutler
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