Emma Hinchliffe

Senior writer

Today, there are 67 CEOs on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women 2023 list, published on Thursday. The 100 total women span global business, with 61 from the Americas, 23 based in EMEA, and 16 in the Asia-Pacific region. There are Fortune 500 and Global 500 CEOs, along with other influential leaders across finance, retail, tech, and even startups—as companies designing tomorrow’s world wield influence beyond their size.

One such leader is OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati. The 34-year-old oversees ChatGPT, the generative AI product that has lit up the business world. Murati is on the cover of the October/November issue of Fortune, with a story by Fortune writers Kylie Robison and Michal Lev-Ram that examines how Murati is shaping the future of AI—and humanity.

In a turbulent business environment, women leaders are rising to the challenge—with more power than ever before.

The 100 Most Powerful Women

MAGAZINE

Kim Kardashian turned Skims into a $4 billion company. She wants to build the next generation of unicorns with SKKY Partners, her new private equity firm

Kim Kardashian wants to make the unlikely leap from celebrity startup founder to private equity titan. Big names from finance and retail are jumping on board.

The trolling of corporate America

Even companies making mild gestures of social responsibility are getting slammed with boycotts and lawsuits. Their hollow do-gooder rhetoric hasn’t helped.

Jason Blum: How the producer behind the latest ‘Exorcist’ film is making the most profitable movies in Hollywood

Streaming is broken. Hollywood studios are in crisis. The king of low-budget horror has the fix.

Mira Murati, the young CTO of OpenAI, is building ChatGPT and shaping your future

Murati talks with Fortune about the ultra-high stakes in the generative AI revolution.

FINANCE

The banks that funded Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter deal may have a ‘sell-down letter’ to prevent them from breaking ranks

Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Bank of America have made an agreement preventing one bank from selling off their X debt on the cheap without including the other banks.

SUCCESS

Bosses are getting Gen Z’s skills deficit all wrong: The generation says it’s hard, not soft, skills they need to learn

Managers are worrying about the wrong thing when it comes to Gen Z’s skill development.

LEADERSHIP

12 expert-approved tips for negotiating better salary and severance packages

Watch for bias, don’t overvalue stock options, and know what you’re entitled to receive if you’re fired, say employment attorneys who specialize in executive compensation.

Airbnb’s CEO wants to fix shaky foundations after explosive growth—and calls on hosts to lower their prices

Brian Chesky wants to patch up the company’s cracks.

CRYPTO

SBF considered shutting down Alameda weeks before FTX bankruptcy. He had 14 billion reasons why he couldn’t, cofounder says

FTX cofounder and childhood friend Gary Wang took the stand and admitted to the crypto empire’s crimes.

EUROPE

Drugs aiding weight-loss like Ozempic have so much promise, a major bank is telling investors to short junk-food stocks

Barclays strategists expect “disruption into a number of industries,” thanks to drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.

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