10 Most Successful Women Leaders in 2022, Striding Their Way Ahead

"Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world." – Hillary Clinton

"Whatever you fear most has no power – it is your fear that has the power" so rightly put by Oprah Winfrey. Women have been underrated over a long period of time but no longer! When we see women taking over organizations and seniorities, it comes as a matter of pride to us all.

Gone are those days when women were always treated as the lesser half, now is the time when they are at par, in whatever arena they chose to. There are proven statistics that show the increasing trend of women empowerment in different arenas. As the year passes by, there is an increasing trend of women CEOs of Fortune 500 organizations. Women are leading some of the largest corporations ranging from technology to education to finance. The highest position of executive power has been held by a woman in just 63 countries since 1960. The first democratically elected female Prime Minister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who took over the leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party when her husband was assassinated in 1959.

As we realize the potential of women, here is a fact list stating the top women leaders of 2022, who have proven their mettle to the world, through their insightful leadership across multiple industry domains. They have earned respect and their positions amidst stiff competition, driving excellent business results. They are a great source of inspiration to our younger generation and deserve a round of applause. Let us go through achievements of each of them.

Top 10 Women Leaders of 2022, Shining Bright

• Karen Lynch – CEO, CVS Health

Karen Lynch is the president and CEO of CVS Health – a popular health care provider. She has been serving on the board of directors for CVS Health, AHIP and U.S. Bancorp. She has been one of the highest-ranking female CEO in the Fortune 500 list and has featured on Fortune’s 2021 Most Powerful Women in Business. Karen has more than 300,000 colleagues under her leadership, for an enhanced healthcare experience. She has over three decades of experience in this industry and she has been offering customer-centric, high-end healthcare to people around.

• Julie Sweet – CEO, Accenture

Julie Sweet is the chair and CEO of Accenture. She got the post of CEO in 2019 and the additional post of chair in 2021. She has been with Accenture since 2010 and is proclaimed as one of the most powerful women in the corporate culture of USA. Julie has been recognized as one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business and Forbes’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. She has been on the World Economic Forum – board of trustees. She is also a board member of the Center for Strategic & International Studies and for the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities.

• Linda Blair – Managing Partner, Deloitte Consulting

Linda Blair is the Chief Experience Officer and Managing Partner at Deloitte Consulting, Canada, one of the country’s largest professional firms. She has been the executive leader of many offices of Deloitte across Canada. She handles the company’s go-to-market strategy expanding the development of Deloitte’s services to different areas. She has a stringent focus on offering a variety of experience to the esteemed clientele at Deloitte. Linda has been assisting clients all over USA and Canada in large scale program execution. She has helped the company handle critical operations, pandemic management, real estate optimization and the modern-day business models. Linda has been appreciated as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

• Jane Fraser – CEO, Citigroup

Jane Fraser is the Chief Executive Officer of the Citigroup – the world’s leading global bank that has millions of customers and businesses across the globe. She is the first female power to lead a major USA bank and the first woman to have the position of a CEO at the Citigroup. Jane Fraser’s stint with the Citigroup has been around two decades with different positions across different markets. She ranks amongst the top as Fortune’s 2021 Most Powerful Women and has detailed experience across the group’s institutional and consumer businesses.

• Mary Barra – CEO, General Motors

Mary Barra is the CEO at General Motors, the first female CEO of a leading automaker. Overcoming many challenges that came her way, she has been focussing on development of automatic and electric vehicles, planning to double the company’s revenue in a short time. She has been instrumental in expanding business space, outsourcing operations to other countries, hiring newer staff for better connect with customers. Mary has overseen constructing thousands of charging stations all over. She also serves on the board of directors for the Walk Disney organisation, the Duke University, and certain other organizations.

• Nive Bhagat – Global CEO, Cloud & Infrastructure Services, Capgemini

Nive Bhagat aka Nivedita Bhagat is the global CEO of the cloud and & infrastructure unit at Capgemini, a multinational IT services and consulting organization. She has been focussing on empowering business and digital transformation of all her clientele, with detailed insight into the future outcomes. She is a strategic visionary and has proven her mettle by offering best of business results. Nive has increasing number of clients moving towards the cloud, with increased security mechanisms against cybercrime. She has been investing bigtime in cloud security, migration and she has been helping women colleagues build a brand for themselves and network more.

• Safra A Catz – CEO, Oracle

The CEO of Oracle, Safra A Catz has been on this post since over 8 years now and in 2015, she became the highest paid female CEO in USA. She has been appreciated for driving Oracle’s efforts for taking over PeopleSoft in 2005. Safra has featured in the Forbes’ list of the world’s most influential businesswomen and has been a great encouragement to the modern-day women fraternity. Oracle has been successfully implementing robust acquisition strategies and expanding its foreign geographies, under the able leadership of Safra in the areas of Africa, Europe, Egypt, the Middle East, South Africa and more.

• Susan Wojcicki – CEO, YouTube

Susan Wojcicki is heading the global online video service, the Alphabet subsidiary - YouTube and has been involved in the establishment of Google ranging from Google Analytics to AdSense to Google Images. As one of the leading American tech industry executives, she was Google’s first marketing manager in 1999. She was moved over to YouTube in 2014 as the company’s CEO and has been a successful head of operations with more than a billion users monthly. Susan has been on the Forbes’ list of Power Women 2021 and America's Self-Made Women 2021.

• Shar Dubey – CEO, Match Group

Shar Dubey aka Sharmistha Dubey is an Indian American business executive who is the CEO of the Match group consisting of popular dating apps like Tinder, PlentyOfFish, Meetic, Hinge, Pairs, Match etc. She has been with this company since 2006 and has been the one who reinvented the online dating game into a multi-billion-dollar empire for which she won the Tech Leader of the Year at Vogue Women of The Year 2021. Shar has been revolutionizing the online dating industry with the well-known dating apps, especially during the pandemic when everyone was forced to stay at home. She is often called the ‘Boss of Romance’.

• Michele Buck – CEO, Hershey

Michele Buck is the first female Chairman, President, and CEO of The Hershey Company since 2017. She has been serving with Hershey since 2005 and has been named multiple times on the Fortune's Most Powerful Women list. Since the pandemic, Michele has been leading Hershey into its best sales growth period and now is going into the health and wellness segment, by introducing natural and low sugar chocolates. She has been heading the daily operations of Hershey in and around the North, Central and South America. Her career spans across more than 25 years of consumer-packaged goods experience that is being leveraged in the chocolate giant.

As We Witness Women Power Rising High

There is no looking back! Women are here to conquer and win the world. With a competence to strike an equal balance between family and work, these top 10 female leaders have proven to the world that women are no less. Being an inspiration to millions of women across the globe, these pillars of strength are driving success in their own business arena with pride and glory. Three Cheers to the Women of the World!

Ankit is Tech enthusiast and holding a Key position as the Business Development Manager for Spec India. He is well-traveled person, an avid reader and a very good listener.