Number of Female CEOs About to Get Less PatheticS  Even though a
paltry 35 of the Fortune 1000 companies' CEOs are women, some In
The Know types think the days of that embarrassing statistic are
coming to an end. Companies with dress codes and webinars and
teambuilding exercises and the word "corp" in their names, under
social and political pressure from their boards of directors,
are increasingly hiring more women in leadership track roles,
which means that while executive suites are still a
dudeapalooza, women are poised to take over, kind of. At this
rate, by the middle of the century, women could even be 10% of
the 1%. Equality!  The Wall Street Journal notes that executive
search firms have reported increased interest from companies
looking for well-qualified women to kick ass and take names and
make the picture inside of the company's annual report look less
like it was taken in 1965. A McKinsey & Co study found that a
full 24% of Senior Vice Presidents at 58 large companies are now
women, which means t