International Power 50

39 of 50

39. Kate Swann

CEO
W.H. Smith

Country: Britain
2007 rank: 32

In a gloomy retail market, sales continued to slow for the bookseller and news agent, despite the attempt by Swann, 43, to turn around the business through cost cutting. Revenues dropped 3%, to $2.6 billion, in 2007. Swann is expanding W.H. Smith with new stores in highway service stations and has unveiled post office counters in 77 of the chain's more than 850 locations.

NEXT: Stine Bosse

Last updated September 29 2008: 1:21 PM ET

Email | Print |

Digg this story |

RSS

50 Most Powerful Women

Power 50

Talk about drama! Our 11th annual list is dominated by firsts, superlatives, and notable departures. More

25 Highest-paid women

Freeport McMoRan's Kathleen Quirk took home $16M last year. Which corporate women raked in even more? More

25 Best-paid men

See how the highest-compensated male executives' paychecks compare to the 25 best-paid women. More

Special Offer:

* : Time reflects local markets trading time.† - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges.• Disclaimer

Copyright © 2009 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Intraday data is at least 20-minutes delayed. All times are ET.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Morningstar, Inc..
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.