The big takeaway was that Amazon is now the biggest company in the world by revenue. My colleague Kristin Stoller has a new cover story with Jeff Bezos to mark the occasion.

As for female CEOs, let’s check in on where women leaders stand across global business. Women run 34 Global 500 companies this year. That’s an all-time record—and still a paltry 6.8%.

Compare that to the 2026 Fortune 500, where at time of publication in June women ran 55 of the largest companies in the U.S., or 11%. That was also an all-time record.

Why does the Global 500 trail behind the Fortune 500 in female CEOs? A few factors. First, the Global 500 is even more competitive. Since it measures the largest business in the world (U.S. included), but not just the U.S., the bar to make the list is higher. The smallest business on the list, at No. 500, is PayPal—which did $33 billion in revenue last year and is No. 139 on the Fortune 500. The cutoff to make the Fortune 500 this year was $7.47 billion.

Read more at: https://fortune.com/2026/08/03/fortune-global-500-female-ceos-2026-elevance-health/