Fortune’s 2025 list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in business includes six leaders from healthcare organizations.
Now in its 28th year, the list uses a more complex scoring system than in the past, according to the methodology. Candidates are scored based on the size and health of their business, as well as the leaders’ innovation, influence, trajectory and impact. More than half of the women featured are based in the U.S., with 19 countries and territories represented.
Here are the six healthcare leaders named to the list and their respective rankings:
18. Reshma Kewalramani, MD, president and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals
19. Malina Ngai, group CEO of AS Watson
20. Emma Walmsley, CEO of GSK
35. Jennifer Taubert, executive vice president and worldwide chairman of innovative medicine at Johnson & Johnson
39. Belén Garijo, MD, PhD, chair of executive board and CEO of Merck KGaA
53. Gail Boudreaux, president and CEO of Elevance Health
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