Ann Gugino's appointment Monday as CFO of pizza giant Papa John's International Inc. adds to the record number of women now holding the top finance jobs at large U.S. companies. Gugino, who was hired from Target Corp., follows appointments of female CFOs in the past few months at Harley-Davidson Inc., Smith & Wesson Brands Inc., and WW International Inc., among others. If history is any guide, the promotion to CFO gets women into the C-suite, but it doesn't often lead to promotion to CEO.
"We're sitting at an all-time high now," said Tom Kolder, president of executive recruiter Crist Kolder Associates, which counted 90 women in the CFO role at S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies as of August 1.
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