- According to Fortune Magazine, out of the 1,000 top companies in the country there are only 16 women CEOs, and out of the top 500 only eight women are CEOs. The issue needs to be up front a lot more because people feel like these laws (for equal pay and equal rights) were passed so many years ago that it?s now a done deal, but we are so far from being clear.... Terry DiRusso {view}