Our annual list honors women helping their companies, clients, and country through volatile markets and challenging times. Meet this year’s 28 new additions.
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2026
Barron's seventh annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance honors women who have achieved leadership positions in the world of finance and are helping to shape its future. Our list, chosen by a panel of Barron's writers and editors, is based on external and internal nominations, and includes executives at major U.S. companies, investment managers and securities analysts, and public servants and policy makers. All are based in the U.S.
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See the list below and use the "New in 2026" filter to read profiles of women who are new to the list this year. Use the "Archive" dropdown to read profiles from previous years.
Anu Aiyengar
Global Head, Mergers & Acquisitions, J.P. Morgan
Anat Ashkenazi
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Alphabet
Jennifer Barker
Global Head of Payments & Trade and Depositary Receipts, BNY
Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss
Founder, CEO, RockCreek Group
Cynthia Lo Bessette
Head of Digital Asset Management, Fidelity Investments
Amma Boateng
Managing Director, Financial Advisor Services, Vanguard
Michelle Bowman
Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve
Joyce Chang
Chair of Global Research, J.P. Morgan
Martina Cheung
President, CEO, S&P Global
Kate Pilcher Ciafone
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, Moelis
Helima Croft
Head of Global Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
Sonal Desai
Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton
Sara Devereux
CIO, Vanguard Capital Management; Global Head of Fixed Income Group, Vanguard
Dina DiLorenzo
President, Guggenheim Investments
Stephanie Drescher
Partner, Chief Client and Product Development Officer, Apollo Global Management
Thasunda Brown Duckett
President, CEO, TIAA
Meena Flynn
Chair of Global Private Wealth Management; Co-Head of One Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Group
Robin Foley
Head of Fixed Income, Fidelity Investments
Jane Fraser
CEO, Citigroup
Adena Friedman
Chair, CEO, Nasdaq
Marcie Frost
CEO, Calpers
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Lindsay Hans
President, Co-Head, Merrill Wealth Management
Mellody Hobson
President, Co-CEO, Ariel Investments
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
Chief Investment Officer Americas; Global Head of Equities, UBS Global Wealth Management
Ann Holcomb
Director of Research, North America, T. Rowe Price
Katy Huberty
Global Director of Research, Morgan Stanley
Yie-Hsin Hung
President, CEO, State Street Investment Management
Jean Hynes
CEO, Managing Partner, Wellington Management
Abigail Johnson
Chairman, CEO, Fidelity Investments
Jennifer Johnson
President, CEO, Franklin Resources
Natasha Kaneva
Head of Global Commodities Strategy, J.P. Morgan
Karen Karniol-Tambour
Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates
Susan Kasser
Head of Private Debt, Neuberger Berman
Gunjan Kedia
President, CEO, U.S. Bancorp
Sarah Ketterer
CEO, Causeway Capital Management
Katy Knox
President, Private Bank, Bank of America
Katie Koch
President, CEO, TCW Group
Colette Kress
CFO, Nvidia
Marianne Lake
CEO, Consumer and Community Banking, JPMorgan Chase
Ros L'Esperance
Executive Vice Chair, Investment Bank, UBS
Susan Li
CFO, Meta Platforms
Lorie Logan
President, CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Michelle Louie
Head of Trading and Portfolio Management, Vanguard Capital Management, Vanguard
Saira Malik
CIO, Nuveen
Solita Marcelli
Global Head of Investment Management, UBS Global Wealth Management
Cathy Marcus
Co-Head, Global Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate, PGIM
Anna Marrs
Group President, Global Merchant & Network Services, American Express
Lynn Martin
President, NYSE Group
Dina Powell McCormick
President, Vice Chairman, Meta Platforms
Ann Miura-Ko
Co-Founding Partner, Floodgate
Erin Harkless Moore
Managing Director, Investments, Pivotal
Holly O'Neill
President, Consumer, Retail and Preferred Banking, Bank of America
Kristin Olson
Partner, Global Head of Alternatives for Wealth, Goldman Sachs Group
Penny Pennington
Managing Partner, Edward Jones
Jennifer Piepszak
Chief Operating Officer, JPMorgan Chase
Sonali Pier
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Pimco
Kim Posnett
Global Co-Head, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group
Kyla Scanlon
Founder, Economics Commentator, Author, Bread
Joan Solotar
Global Head of Private Wealth, Blackstone
Nishi Somaiya
Partner, Global Co-Head of Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs Group
Liz Ann Sonders
Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist for the Schwab Center for Financial Research, Charles Schwab
Laela Sturdy
Managing Partner, CapitalG
Anne Walsh
CIO, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management
Qi Wang
CIO Portfolio Implementation, Pimco
Joanna Welsh
Chief Risk Officer, Citadel
Lauren Taylor Wolfe
Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Impactive Capital
Natalie Wolfsen
CEO, Orion
Cathie Wood
Founder, CEO, CIO, ARK Investment Management
Sharon Yeshaya
CFO, Morgan Stanley
Ivy Zelman
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President, Zelman & Associates
Ellen Zentner
Chief Economic Strategist, Global Head Thematic & Macro Investing, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
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