2. KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY)
KeyCorp ranks second in our list of companies you didn’t know were run by women is a bank holding company that operates through its subsidiary KeyBank, and has over 20,000 employees. There are over 1,200 branches of the company across the United States. Created in 1994 through the merger of Society Corporation of Cleveland and KeyCorp, the new company was the result of one of the largest banking mergers in history.
KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY)’s CEO and Chairman is Beth E. Mooney, who has occupied the position since May 1, 2011. Between November 2010 and the date when she was appointed CEO, Mooney was the President and Chief Operating Officer at KeyCorp. She’s been with the company since 2006, having previously worked various managerial positions for other financial institutions.
In 2011 when she took on the job of CEO, KeyCorp was an institution with approximately $90 billion in assets. Following the company’s merger with First Niagara in 2015 that figure surged to over $135 billion, after having spent only $4.1 billion on the acquisition.
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