Fortune - USA (2021-10 & 2021-11)

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No amount of contro-
versy seems to hamper
Facebook’s growth. It
posted nearly $86 bil-
lion in revenue in fiscal
2020, up 22% from the
year before. But reports
say Sandberg no longer
wields the internal influ-
ence she once did (Face-
book has denied this
claim). Meanwhile, the
company faces a regula-
tory crackdown, contin-
ued issues with misin-
formation, and claims it
has downplayed infor-
mation about its flaws.

McKenna is reshaping
Walmart’s international
portfolio, which last year
generated more than
$121 billion in sales. The
Brit has doubled down
on the behemoth’s busi-
ness in Mexico, Canada,
and India, while exiting
Argentina, shedding
part of the business in
Japan, and selling off its
stake in Asda in the U.K.
Insiders say she and
Sam’s Club CEO Kathryn
McLay (No. 24) are both
contenders to someday
lead the company.

Sheryl
Sandberg
COO, 52, Facebook

Judith McKenna
President and CEO,
Walmart International,
55, Walmart

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This year, Microsoft,

now valued at more than

$2 trillion, added yet an-

other mega-purchase to

its software arsenal: Nu-

ance Communications,

a voice recognition

player it bought for

nearly $20 billion. That

means that Hood,

tasked with leading ac-

quisitions, has been

busy as usual. And why

wouldn’t she be: She’s

also in charge of ac-

counting and reporting,

investor relations, and

business operations.

Amy Hood

EVP and CFO, 50,

Microsoft

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Catz has the challenging

job of repositioning the

database company as a

titan amid fierce compe-

tition from the likes of

AWS and Microsoft.

While its cloud business

is smaller than those ri-

vals’, Oracle has been

spending more money

building expensive data

centers to help power

the fledging unit. Time

will tell if the efforts pay

off, but until then Oracle

continues to cruise

along in a rapidly chang-

ing industry.

Safra Catz

CEO, 59, Oracle

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After steering Best Buy through the first year

of the pandemic—and overseeing a compara-

ble sales jump of almost 10% in the process—

Barry has been trying to leverage the ways

shopper behavior has changed over the past

18 months. That has meant repurposing space

in the stores to add support for e-commerce,

expanding what Best Buy sells online to

encompass products like e-bikes and grills,

and continuing to develop newer, promising

areas like health tech. So far in 2021, Best Buy’s

sales momentum has only gathered steam:

Business is up 27% for the year. And Barry is

also making sure Best Buy ramps up its DEI

efforts, which include setting the chain’s first

ever minimum wage at $15 and investing in

minority businesses and venture funds.

Corie Barry

CEO, 46, Best Buy

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