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Bloomberg compared the total compensation received by female CEOs in the S&P 500 to the average received by CEOs of both genders in their respective industry groups and ranked the female CEOs by the percentage difference.
CEOs who were not in their jobs for the full fiscal year were excluded. Data were for companies' 2012 fiscal year, except for TJX Companies, whose 2013 fiscal year ended in January.
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July 30, 2013
Rank | CEO | Company |
Difference between total compensation and average CEO pay
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Total compensation 2012 | Average CEO pay in industry 2012 | Industry |
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1 | Patti Hart | International Game Technology | -65.2% | $6.00M | $17.24M | Consumer Services |
2 | Gracia Martore | Gannett | -63.6% | $8.45M | $23.20M | Media |
3 | Gretchen McClain | Xylem | -61.3% | $6.20M | $16.02M | Capital Goods |
4 | Mary Agnes Wilderotter | Frontier Communications | -45.0% | $5.92M | $10.77M | Telecommunication Services |
5 | Sara Mathew | Dun & Bradstreet | -41.6% | $5.36M | $9.18M | Commercial and Professional Services |
6 | Beth Mooney t | KeyCorp | -37.0% | $6.27M | $9.96M | Banks |
7 | Heather Bresch | Mylan | -32.7% | $9.96M | $14.81M | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences |
8 | Denise Morrison | Campbell Soup | -24.4% | $8.76M | $11.58M | Food, Beverage and Tobacco |
9 | Patricia Woertz | Archer-Daniels-Midland | -18.5% | $9.43M | $11.58M | Food, Beverage and Tobacco |
10 | Virginia Rometty t | IBM | 1.4% | $16.18M | $15.97M | Software and Services |
11 | Debra Reed | Sempra Energy | 2.0% | $12.20M | $11.96M | Utilities |
12 | Debra Cafaro | Ventas | 10.8% | $11.17M | $10.08M | Real Estate |
13 | Ursula Burns t | Xerox | 18.3% | $13.07M | $11.05M | Technology Hardware and Equipment |
14 | Indra Nooyi | PepsiCo | 22.7% | $14.21M | $11.58M | Food, Beverage and Tobacco |
15 | Margaret Whitman t | Hewlett-Packard | 39.0% | $15.36M | $11.05M | Technology Hardware and Equipment |
16 | Ellen Kullman | DuPont | 40.9% | $15.66M | $11.12M | Materials |
17 | Carol Meyrowitz | TJX Companies | 99.6% | $21.77M | $10.91M | Retailing |