In 2012, she was ranked number five on Forbes list of most powerful women.
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He and Jill Abramson (since promoted to executive editor) were appointed to their positions by then-executive editor Bill Keller to succeed former managing editor Gerald M. Boyd.
Thus far, the Award has been presented to Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, Jill Abramson, the first female Executive Editor of the New York Times, and civil rights leader, influential journalist and foreign correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault, in recognition of their trailblazing work and leadership that is impacting the world.