Highest paid women CEOs in 2023

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet emerged as the highest paid woman CEO in 2023 with $34 million. Before working at Accenture, she was an attorney at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. (Image: Reuters)

AMD's CEO Lisa Su received $30 million in compensation in 2023 and is the second highest paid woman CEO. Prior to AMD Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions. (Image: Reuters)

General Motor's CEO Mary Barra comes third in the list. She received $29 million this year. She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. (Image: Reuters)

Adena Friedman received a total compensation of $28 million in 2023. She is the CEO OF NASDAQ. She was formerly a managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. (Image: Reuters)

CEO of Citigroup Jane Fraser received $22 million in compensation this year. She has been CEO of the company since 2021. Prior to Citigroup she worked at McKinsey & Company for 10 years. (Image: Reuters)

Phebe Novakovic, CEO of General Dynamics got $21 million in compensation in 2023. Prior to General Dynamics she has worked at United States Department of Defense. (Image: Reuters)

Duke Energy CEO received $21 million in 2023. Prior to Duke Energy she has worked with Arthur Anderson & Co. and Cinergy Corporation. (Image: LinkedIn- Lynn Goood)

Gail Boudreaux, CEO of Elevance Health received $21 million in compensation in 2023. In 2020, she was ranked tenth on the Forbes list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". (Image: LinkedIn- Gail Boudreaux)

Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden received $21 million this year. She has earlier worked for General Electric, held executive roles at Veridian Corporation and General Dynamics. (Image: Reuters)

CEO of UPS Carol Tome received a compensation of $19 million in 2023. Tomé has been named twice to the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. (Image: Image: Reuters)