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Just one woman has ever founded and led a Fortune 500 company. Here's her story

Only one female founder-CEO in the 70-year history of the Fortune 500 has ever started and led a company that makes the list. Meanwhile, 24 male founder-CEOs run Fortune 500 giants from Mark Zuckerberg at Meta to Jensen Huang at Nvidia.

Meg Whitman, the only woman to have founded and led a Fortune 500 company, took eBay from a small startup to a global powerhouse during her tenure as CEO from 1998 to 2008, growing its annual revenue from $4 million to $8 billion. Before eBay, Whitman held various executive positions at companies like Procter & Gamble, Hasbro, and Disney. After eBay, she served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 2011 to 2015, and later became the U.S. ambassador to Kenya in 2018. Whitman's journey highlights her significant impact on the business world and her role as a trailblazer for women in leadership.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/just-one-woman-has-ever-founded-and-led-a-fortune-500-company-here-s-her-story/ar-AA1GdDMz