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Fortune’s list of most powerful business leaders features Boston names
Two Boston CEOs landed among the top 100, as did another familiar name in local business circles.
Two Boston CEOs cracked Fortune’s new list of the 100 most powerful people in business, helping to cement their place among the likes of global tycoons Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.
Fidelity Investments CEO and Chairman Abigail Johnson ranked 44th on the magazine’s 2025 list, rising 20 spots from her position on last year’s ranking. Joining her at No. 62 is Reshma Kewalramani, president and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
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Another familiar name in Boston business circles, GE Aerospace CEO and Chairman Larry Culp, also made Fortune’s list for a second year in a row. As former CEO of Boston-based General Electric, Culp memorably oversaw GE’s split into three public companies — a shrewd business move that earned Fortune’s praise.
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Now in its second year, Fortune’s powerful people list is modeled after the magazine’s annual “Most Powerful Women in Business” ranking. Boston Business Journal first reported on the Boston-area power players included on the 2025 list.
“This list measures power and influence — and though net worth is a factor, we’re much more concerned with a leader’s ability to shape the thoughts and actions of those around them,” Fortune explained in its introduction. The magazine opted to exclude politicians and regulators, business unit leaders, billionaires who are no longer active in business, and “loud voices who don’t run substantive businesses.”
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“What you will find here are the 100 people who are running the business world today — and shaping what it looks like tomorrow,” Fortune added.
Topping that list is Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, president, and co-founder. The artificial intelligence chip design company announced earlier this year it will open a research lab in the Boston area dedicated to advancing quantum computing, per The Boston Globe.
“The primary reason we settled on Boston is really the incredible research community,” Sam Stanwyck, group product manager for quantum computing at Nvidia, told the Globe in March. “Boston is home to two of the best universities in the world … many other great universities, a huge wealth of technical talent, and many, many great companies.”
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