Fortune editors scored candidates based on metrics including business size and health, innovation, influence, trajectory and impact. Leaders from 40 industries, ranging in age from their 30s to their 90s, were included.
Here are the four U.S. healthcare leaders featured:
31. Dave Ricks — CEO of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly
51. Andrew Witty — CEO of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group
60. Gail Boudreaux — president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Elevance Health
97. Albert Bourla, PhD — CEO of New York City-based Pfizer
Emma Walmsley, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, and Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, were also included on the list.
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