Only 2% of healthcare companies on the S&P 500 have female CEOs

Of the healthcare companies listed on the S&P 500, only 2 percent have a female CEO, according to a report from CNN Business. 

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One in every 56 healthcare companies on the S&P 500 have a female CEO, with healthcare being the industry with the second lowest number of female CEOs, followed only by energy. 

Thirty-two out of 224, or 14 percent, of C-level executives in the healthcare company S&P 500 are female. 

Healthcare has the worst C-suite representation on the S&P 500, tied with energy.

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