“My grandmother, Estée Lauder, founded our company over 75 years ago from her kitchen table,” says Jane Lauder, executive vice president of enterprise marketing and chief data officer at the Estée Lauder Companies (ELC)—and since the beginning, the now multinational cosmetics company has been “supporting and scaling opportunities to advance possibilities for women in our business and around the world.”

Lauder’s words are not just lip(stick) service. ELC’s representation of women in leadership roles backs them up: half of the company’s global regions are led by women; 59% of vice president positions and higher are held by women; and all six of its research and development innovation centers are helmed by women. Perhaps more telling: while women make up only 29.2% of STEM workers globally per the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2023 Global Gender Gap Report, female workers account for more than 60% of ELC’s scientists, engineers and technical professionals. “The innovative creators behind our products and experiences,” says Lauder, “are women.”

Read more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelpeachman/2023/10/31/meet-the-worlds-top-companies-for-women-2023/?sh=42d057b16421