2024 Most Powerful Women in Finance

Cohen manages $6.6 trillion in assets, and her team of more than 380 professionals advises more than 120 million investors in 67 countries.

At Goldman, Minnis oversees teams worldwide that advise corporate and sponsor clients on their credit, acquisition and other financial decisions.

Martin manages NYSE's five equity exchanges — NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, NYSE National and NYSE Chicago — plus its two options exchanges, NYSE Arca Options and NYSE American Options. 

As head of investment and corporate banking of Mizuho Americas, Katz leads nearly 1,000 employees in the investment banking division, including U.S., European and Asian operations.

As senior executive vice president and chief institutional client officer at TIAA, Gibson oversees the company's core retirement business.

In 2021, El-Hillow left Goldman Sachs to lead the Seattle-based private company's entire investment division.

As the global head of the industrials group, Hackley oversees a large chunk of the bank's $2.41 trillion in assets. 

Portney leads the bank's largest business unit, asset servicing. The group's assets under custody and administration neared $50 trillion in the second quarter, setting a record for BNY and the financial industry.

In January, Johnson launched the Franklin Bitcoin ETF, which seeks to reflect the performance of the price of bitcoin.

As managing partner at Edward Jones, Pennington's in charge of 8 million clients, more than 19,500 financial advisors and $2.1 trillion assets under management.