Thasunda Brown Duckett

One of just two Black female CEOs currently leading Fortune 500 companies, Thasunda Brown Duckett has served as CEO of TIAA since 2021, having joined the company from JPMorgan Chase. From her seat at the helm of TIAA, a retirement services provider, Duckett advocates for closing the racial wealth gap in retirement savings and investing. TIAA has $1.3 trillion in assets under management (and $46 billion in revenues) and is responsible for the retirement savings of “millions of people and thousands of institutions,” the company notes; it has also expanded from higher-ed and nonprofit 403(b) savings accounts to corporate 401(k)s.