By: Alyssa Wilson Thasunda Brown Duckett and Rosalind Brewer are the only two Black women leading Fortune 500 companies. RELATED: ABC names Kim Godwin as first Black woman to lead news division Duckett is the head of TIAA, a financial services provider with $1.1 trillion in assets. 'Thasunda is widely recognized as an exceptionally dynamic and inspirational leader,' said Ronald L. Thompson, Chairman of the TIAA Board of Trustees. She is the third African American to serve as the company's CEO, CNN reported. In 1987, former CEO Clifton R. Wharton Jr. became the first Black Fortune 500 CEO. Rosalind Brewer, […]
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