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- Leap of faith. Back in February, when Marriott president Stephanie Linnartz left the hotel chain after 25 years to become the chief executive of sportswear retailer Under Armour, my initial reaction was: “Huh. Yes, it’s a CEO job—but why this one?”
So for this year’s Most Powerful Women issue of Fortune, I sat down with Linnartz to ask exactly that question—and to examine the landscape for ambitious, experienced female executives like Linnartz who want to become CEOs, but who still get far fewer opportunities than their male counterparts.
