7 Mothers Who Rule the Business World

4. Marissa Mayer
CEO of Yahoo!
Children: Macallister, 7 months

She is described in Time’s 100 Most Influential People as “a pathmaker and trailblazer and an inspiration to women everywhere.” Marissa Mayer, 37, is the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company, and has been ranked number 14 on the list of America's most powerful businesswomen of 2012 by Fortune magazine.

She told NPR, “That feeling … ‘what have I gotten myself into?’ I realized that sometimes when you have that feeling and you push through it, something really great happens.”

5. Ellen Alemany
CEO, Chairman & CFO of Citizens Financial Group
Children: 2 Daughters, 25 & 21; Son, 18

Ellen Alemany is head of RBS Americas and chairman and chief executive officer of RBS Citizens Financial Group, Inc. the 12th largest bank in the U.S. by assets. She is the only woman member of RBS’s nine-member executive leadership team. Ellen started her career at her father’s Bronx, New York liquor store.

Despite of the busy schedule and her working environment Ellen never forgot to justify her role as a mother. Alemany was honored by the Center for Discovery for successful role as a as a board director and advocate at their Evening of Discovery Benefit in may 2012.

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