Those 26 women CEOs will represent just 5.2% of all S&P 500 CEOs. Barry will also join Best Buy's board , which will expand to 13 directorsCurrently Best Buy's chief financial officer, Barry will become the company's 5th CEO and its first woman chief executive . For an incoming CEO, Barry is fairly young, turning 44 this week. There's not enough mentoring and sponsoring of women to make sure they get the 'hot' jobs," said Catalyst president and CEO Lorraine Hariton. The good news is that by all indications Barry was groomed for the CEO spot, Hariton said.

Source: CNN April 16, 2019 11:48 UTC