Ellen Kullman
President and CEO-to-be of DuPont
Title: Chairman, President and CEO-designate
Company: DuPont
Company rank: 81
Age: 52
A gamble — moving laterally to run a new division, a challenge even her husband urged her to duck — helped bring Ellen Kullman to the brink of running the storied U.S. chemicals company DuPont. Kullman is a devotee of the idea of remaking yourself and pushing in new directions. When she takes on her new post Jan. 1, she will be among the handful of female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
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