ortune has revealed their list of this year’s 50 most powerful women in business – and while the occupations of those included vary, the racial identities of these individuals are not as diverse.
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| Writer Shonda Rhimes arrives at the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ 200th Episode
Celebration at The Colony on September 28, 2013 in Los Angeles,
California. |
The world’s most influential businesswomen represent some of the biggest and most successful global companies. But among the 50 women mentioned, only three are African-American.
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| Chairman and CEO of Xerox Ursula Burns speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. |
The three black women included are: Ursula Burns, CEO and president of Xerox; Rosalind Brewer, CEO and president of Sam’s Club; and Shonda Rhimes, the creative executive producer and the mastermind behind popular TV shows Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal.
Burns ranked 13 on the list, Brewer came in at 15 and Rhimes made the list at No. 50. Their net worth or salary information was not provided.
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| Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, president and chief executive officer of Sam’s
Club, speaks during the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. annual shareholders meeting
in Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S., on Friday, June 7, 2013. Wal-Mart
Stores Inc., which kicked off its annual meeting today, approved a new
$15 billion share buyback program. |
The publication also recently released their list of the 50 most powerful international women, which did not feature any black women.
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