Company: The TJX Companies
Fortune 500 rank: 119
First year as CEO: 2007
Most Powerful Women rank: 15
The average price of items in T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, and Marshalls stores was down, but traffic growth pushed sales up 8% in fiscal 2011 to $21.9 billion. Since Meyrowitz took over in January 2007, the discounter's stock has returned 104%, vs. a decline of 9% for the S&P.
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