The Industry With the Most Female CEOs Isn’t What You’d Expect

Women run five of the S&P 500 companies that keep the lights and heat on

Oct 24, 2018 10:55 AM ET

Women are CEOs of five utility companies in the S&P 500, including, from left, Lynn Good of Duke Energy; Patricia Poppe of CMS Energy and PG&E’s Geisha Williams. PHOTO: F. CARTER/Wall Street Journal

Originally published on WSJ.com

by Lynn Cook

Patricia Poppe, an industrial engineer who is chief executive of CMS Energy Corp. in Michigan, now knows the power business inside and out. She joined the utility world as a power-plant director, coming from General Motors Co. , where she worked for Mary Barra managing auto plants in Michigan, Ohio and California.

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The Industry With the Most Female CEOs Isn’t What You’d Expect

Women run five of the S&P 500 companies that keep the lights and heat on

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