Linda Cook (business)

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Linda Zarda Cook, is the American CEO of Shell Gas & Power, part of Royal Dutch Shell, in The Netherlands. She is the first of a very few female leaders in the male dominated oil industries and has been recognized as one of the world's leading female entrepreneurs in the recent years.^{[citation needed]}

Cook was named the 11th most powerful businesswoman in the world by Fortune magazine in October 2002 and the 44th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine in September 2007.

Cook, a Shawnee, Kansas native, graduated from the University of Kansas in petroleum engineering in 1980.

She began her Shell career in 1980 as a reservoir engineer in the United States, advancing through the company to accept greater responsibilities in exploration and production with Shell U.S.A. Her first European assignment came in 1998, when she and her family moved to the Netherlands, where she led Shell International EP. She has led the Gas & Power division since January 2000.

Cook is also member of board of directors of The Boeing Company.

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NAME	Cook, Linda
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	oil company executive
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PLACE OF BIRTH	Shawnee, Kansas
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