A look at 23 women CEOS running Fortune 500 firms


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(AP) - Mary Barra, who General Motors on Tuesday named its next CEO, will be the first woman to run a major automobile maker. She joins just 22 other female CEOs among U.S. companies in the Fortune 500. Here's a look at the exclusive club.

_ GENERAL MOTORS

Annual revenue: $152 billion

Market value: $56 billion

CEO: Mary Barra, taking over in January 2014

_ HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

Annual revenue: $112 billion

Market value: $52 billion

CEO: Margaret Whitman, took over in September 2011

_ IBM CORP.

Annual revenue: $105 billion

Market value: $192 billion

CEO: Virginia Rometty, took over in January 2012

_ PEPSICO INC.

Annual revenue: $65 billion

Market value: $126 billion

CEO: Indra Nooyi, took over in October 2006

_ ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.

Annual revenue: $89 billion.

Market value: $28 billion

CEO: Patricia Woertz, took over in April 2006

_ LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.

Annual revenue: $47 billion

Market value: $45 billion

CEO: Marillyn Hewson, took over in January 2013

_ DUPONT CO.

Annual revenue: $35 billion

Market value: $57 billion

CEO: Ellen Kullman, took over in January 2009

_ MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC.

Annual revenue: $35 billion

Market value: $60 billion

CEO: Irene Rosenfeld, took over in June 2006 (company was known as Kraft Foods at the time)

_ GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

Annual revenue: $32 billion

Market value: $32 billion

CEO: Phebe Nokakovic, took over in January 2013

_ TJX COMPANIES INC.

Annual revenue: $26 billion

Market value: $44 billion

CEO: Carol Meyrowitz, took over in January 2007

_ XEROX CORP.

Annual revenue: $22 billion

Market value: $14 billion

CEO: Ursula Burns, took over in July 2009

_ DUKE ENERGY CORP.

Annual revenue: $20 billion

Market value: $49 billion

CEO: Lynn Good, took over in July 2013

_ AVON PRODUCTS INC.

Annual revenue: $11 billion

Market value: $8 billion

CEO: Sherilyn McCoy, took over in April 2012

_ SEMPRA ENERGY

Annual revenue: $10 billion

Market value: $21 billion

CEO: Debra Reed, took over in June 2011

_ GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA

Annual revenue: $8 billion

Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)

CEO: Deanna Mulligan, took over in July 2011

_ CAMPBELL SOUP CO.

Annual revenue: $8 billion

Market value: $13 billion

CEO: Denise Morrison(asterisk), took over in August 2011

_ MYLAN INC.

Annual revenue: $7 billion

Market value: $16 billion

CEO: Heather Bresch, took over in January 2012

_ INGREDION INC.

Annual revenue: $7 billion

Market value: $5 billion

CEO: Ilene Gordon, took over in May 2009

_ CH2M HILL COS.

Annual revenue: $6 billion

Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)

CEO: Jacqueline Hinman, taking over in January 2014

_ GRAYBAR ELECTRIC

Annual revenue: $5 billion

Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)

CEO: Kathleen Mazzarella, took over in June 2012

_ GANNETT CO.

Annual revenue: $5 billion

Market value: $6 billion

CEO: Gracia Martore, took over in October 2011

_ FRONTIER COMNUNICATIONS CORP.

Annual revenue: $5 billion

Market value: $5 billion

CEO: Maggie Wilderotter(asterisk), took over in January 2006

_ YAHOO INC.

Annual revenue: $5 billion

Market value: $41 billion

CEO: Marissa Mayer, took over in July 2012

(asterisk)Campbell Soup's Denise Morrison and Frontier's Maggie Wilderotter are sisters.

Revenue figures are the latest full fiscal year available. Market value is as of Tuesday, according to FactSet.

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