所在公司：杜邦公司（DuPont）

职务：首席执行官兼董事长

公司500强排名：285

    柯爱伦于塔夫斯大学（Tufts）获得机械工程学士学位，之后于西北大学（Northwestern University）获得管理硕士学位。毕业后，她曾就职于通用电气（General Electric）。

    她于1988年加入杜邦，担任市场营销经理，在公司一呆就是20年。2006年，柯爱伦被任命为执行副总裁，负责公司的业务平台以及市场营销和销售。

    2009年1月1日，柯爱伦成为杜邦第一任女性首席执行官。在过去的一年中，公司的营运收入增长了21%。

    最近，柯爱伦向美国公共电视台（PBS）透露，“为人父母的经历对成为首席执行官很有帮助，因为我们无法控制孩子们的所作所为，不是吗？这让我明白，不一定我怎么说他们就会怎么做。”

Company: DuPont

Position: CEO and chair

Global 500 Rank: 285

    With a master's degree in management from Northwestern University -- which she received after studying mechanical engineering at Tufts -- Ellen Kullman headed to General Electric.

    She moved to DuPont in 1988 as a marketing manager and has been with the company for over 20 years. In 2006, Kullman was named EVP and manned the company's business platforms, as well as marketing and sales.

    In January 1, 2009, Kullman became DuPont's first female CEO. In the past year, the company's

    Kullman recently told PBS, "Parenting is good training to be CEO because we can't control our children's actions, right? It helped me understand that just because I said so, wasn't a reason for them to do anything."