Elevance Health's CEO started her career as a pro basketball player. Now she's the highest‑ranking woman on the Global 500, leading a $199B giant | Fortune

Elevance Health CEO Angela F. Boudreaux’s path to becoming the highest-ranking woman in Fortune’s 2026 Global 500 began in professional basketball. In 2019, Boudreaux told Fortune her first full-time job was playing pro basketball in Versailles, France, after moving there for a year following Dartmouth College graduation. After one year overseas, she joined Aetna in 1982. Now, as of Tuesday, Elevance Health ranked No. 31 on the 2026 Fortune Global 500 with $199.1 billion in revenue, and Boudreaux is the list’s top female CEO. The article highlights her athletic record at Dartmouth—1,933 points and 1,635 rebounds—and her leadership approach shaped by sports, teamwork, and accountability.