In recent years headlines like ‘ Men twice as likely to be CMOs than women ’ were pretty common. If you’ve worked in marketing for any length of time, you know that the role of CMO is already associated with high demands and turnover . Some might argue that women in CMO roles face an even greater challenge given their underrepresentation in marketing leadership despite the marketing industry being overwhelmingly female.
Forbes recently published a list of the 50 most influential CMOs of 2014 in conjunction with the folks at Appinions . According the to AdAge article where I discovered the list, “the CMOs were ranked by how they have established themselves by sharing opinions that and generate significant reactions.” More specifically, Appinions analyzed over 100 million articles from news, blog, and social media sources, noting opinions from and reactions to CMOs from 500 of the Forbes Global 2000 largest companies. From that analysis, they created an influence score and ranking.