Fortune – Tracey Massey
“Supporting women in STEM is an essential aspect of helping companies grow and innovate. Even though women represent just a fraction of the STEM workforce, women with engineering backgrounds represent some of the highest spots on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list. IBM’s (ibm, -0.05%) CEO Ginni Rometty majored in computer science and electrical engineering, GM’s (gm, -0.05%) CEO Mary Barra got her B.S. in electrical engineering, and PepsiCo’s (pep, +0.01%) CEO Indra Nooyi got her B.S. in physics, chemistry, and math. These glass-ceiling-shattering female leaders prove that training in seriously hard sciences leads to serious business innovation and success.”(more)