Six women in healthcare leadership, including two health insurance CEOs, were featured on Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women” 2026 list.
The 29th annual list, published May 27, includes 100 leaders across 94 companies in countries including the U.S., China, France and the UK.
Each candidate was scored on the size and health of their business, innovation, influence, trajectory and impact, according to the publication’s methodology.
Here are the healthcare leaders featured on Fortune’s list of the Most Powerful Women, along with their rank out of 100:
9. Reshma Kewalramani, MD, president and CEO of Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals
26. Jennifer Taubert, executive vice president and worldwide chairman of innovative medicine at New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson
59. Belén Garijo, CEO of Paris-based Sanofi
63. Sarah London, CEO of St. Louis-based Centene
78. Shaista Asif, co-founder and group CEO of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-based PureHealth
81. Gail Boudreaux, president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Elevance Health
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