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Global power 50 With seven new entrants, and strong showings from Europe and Asia, our international list shows that business is opening up to women - fast.  (Fortune Magazine) -- 1 Patricia Russo CEO 2005 Rank: New France When Alcatel and Lucent merge later this year, Lucent chairman and CEO Russo, 54, will take the helm of the $25 billion-a-year maker of telecom equipment, with headquarters in Paris. She will have to stitch together two corporate cultures while delivering a promised $1.7 billion in annual cost savings. 2 Anne Lauvergeon Executive Chairman Areva 2005 Rank: 1 France A champion of nuclear energy, Lauvergeon, 47, is the first lady of fission. The $14 billion company has built a quarter of the planet's nuclear capacity and is building a reactor in Finland that will be the world's largest. Profits at Areva doubled last year, to $1.3 billion. Lauvergeon, who has been chairman for five years, earned a new five-year contract in July. 3 Anne-Marie Idrac President 2005 Rank: New France A veteran public servant, Idrac, 54, has been handed the keys to France's railways. SNCF is the biggest state-owned company, with $26 billion in revenues last year. She inherits the uphill tasks of turning around the freight business, dealing with entrenched labor unions, and meeting President Jacques Chirac's goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuels by 2020. 4 Linda Cook Executive Director, Gas & Power 2005 Rank: 4 The Netherlands Cook, 48, who runs a $14 billion unit, is the most powerful woman at the world's second-largest oil company. 5 Marjorie Scardino CEO 2005 Rank: 3 Britain The Financial Times, Pearson's flagship, turned a profit, and the stock price of the $8.3 billion company is also showing signs of life. 6 Xie Qihua Chairman Baosteel Group 2005 Rank: 2 China China's "iron lady" is no longer chief executive of the $21.5 billion iron-and-steel company, but she is still very much in charge. 7 Marina Berlusconi Chairman Fininvest 2005 Rank: 6 Italy Fininvest's net profits quadrupled last year, to $2.2 billion, on net revenue of $6.8 billion. 8 Nancy McKinstry Chairman and CEO Wolters Kluwer 2005 Rank: 7 The Netherlands The roadmap drawn up nearly three years ago, when the American-born McKinstry, 47, became CEO of this Dutch publishing and online-services company, is paying off. Innovative electronic products and software, solid acquisitions, and strong market knowledge boosted revenue last year by 3%, to $4.2 billion. 9 Ana Patricia Botin Executive Chairman Banesto 2005 Rank: 8 Spain Botín, 46, may be in the minor leagues of global banking as head of Banesto, a commercial arm of Banco Santander, but Spain's most powerful businesswoman continues to post some major-league financial numbers. Banesto--with nearly $3 billion in revenue in 2005--has raised profits every year and doubled lending during Botín's four-year reign. 10 Mary Ma Chief Financial Officer 2005 Rank: 9 China Ma, 53, was one of the architects of Lenovo's 2004 acquisition of IBM's PC unit. The deal made Lenovo the world's third-largest personal-computer company. Since then Ma has been busy merging two cultures. So far the results have been positive: Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in March was $13.3 billion, up 359%. 11 Güler Sabanci Chairman and Managing Director Sabanci Holding 2005 Rank: 17 Turkey Sabanci runs Turkey's second-largest conglomerate. 12 Ho Ching Executive Director and CEO Temasek Holdings 2005 Rank: 11 Singapore Temasek's $100 billion portfolio reported a 70% increase in profits. 13 Annika Falkengren CEO and President SEB 2005 Rank: New Sweden Falkengren is the first woman to head the 150-year-old bank, Sweden's third-largest. 14 Maria Aramburuzabala de Garza Vice Chairman Grupo Modelo 2005 Rank: 14 Mexico Corona beer has helped to make Aramburuzabala Mexico's richest woman. 15 Vivienne Cox EVP, Gas, Power & Renewables BP 2005 Rank: 12 Britain Cox, 47, oversees the energy titan's $29 billion gas, power, and renewables division. She also presides over its supply-and-trading arm. 16 Maria Ramos CEO Transnet 2005 Rank: 28 South Africa Ramos, 47, is overhauling South Africa's largest transport company. 17 Chua Sock Koong CEO SingTel 2005 Rank: 50 Singapore Chua, 48, was promoted from CFO to boss of Southeast Asia's biggest telecom. 18 Val Gooding CEO BUPA 2005 Rank: 16 Britain Revenues rose to $7.1 billion at Britain's largest private health-care company. 19 Patricai Barbizet CEO Artémis Holding 2005 Rank: 18 France Call Barbizet "the enforcer" at the holding company controlled by the Pinault family. 20 Yang Mianmian President Haier Group 2005 Rank: 15 China Yang plays a key role in developing Haier's international business. 21 Barbara Kux Chief Procurement Officer Royal Philips Electronics 2005 Rank: 24 The Netherlands Kux is shopper-in-chief at the Dutch electronics giant. 22 Gulzhan Moldazhanova CEO Basic Element 2005 Rank: New Russia Moldazhanova, 40, runs Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska's $14 billion private equity fund. 23 Theresa Gattung CEO Telecom New Zealand 2005 Rank: 29 New Zealand The company lost $288 million on revenue of $3.9 billion last year. 24 Tomoyo Nonaka Chairman Sanyo Electric 2005 Rank: 5 Japan No longer CEO, she is helping the company go green. 25 Sun Yafang Chairman Huawei Technologies 2005 Rank: New China Sun is the most trusted ally of Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei. 26 Clara Furse CEO London Stock Exchange 2005 Rank: 19 Britain 27 Barbara Stymiest Chief Operating Officer Royal Bank of Canada 2005 Rank: 34 Canada 28 Ann Godbehere Chief Financial Officer Swiss Reinsurance 2005 Rank: 27 Switzerland 29 Fumiko Hayashi Chairman Daiei 2005 Rank: 10 Japan 30 Josephine Rydberg-Dumont CEO IKEA of Sweden 2005 Rank: New Sweden 31 Lien Siaou-Sze Senior Vice President Hewlett-Packard 2005 Rank: 22 Singapore 32 Galia Maor CEO and President Bank Leumi 2005 Rank: 32 Israel 33 Lubna Olayan Olayan Financial Group CEO 2005 Rank: 35 Saudi Arabia 34 Kate Swann CEO W.H. Smith 2005 Rank: 20 Britain 35 Barbara Dalibard Executive Vice President France Télécom 2005 Rank: 26 France 36 Yoshiko Shinohara President Tempstaff 2005 Rank: 38 Japan 37 Chandra Kochhar Deputy Managing Director ICICI Bank 2005 Rank: 47 India 38 Dominque Hériard Dubreuil Chairman Rémy Cointreau 2005 Rank: 30 France 39 Imre Barmanbek Deputy Chairman Dogan Holding 2005 Rank: 23 Turkey 40 Dominique Reiniche President, European Union Group Coca-Cola 2005 Rank: 25 France 41 Naina Lal Kidwai CEO HSBC India 2005 Rank: New India 42 Pansy Ho Managing Director Shun Tak Holdings 2005 Rank: 39 Hong Kong 43 Sawako Noma President and CEO Kodansha 2005 Rank: 31 Japan 44 Françoise Gri General Manager IBM France 2005 Rank: 36 France 45 Sly Bailey CEO Trinity Mirror 2005 Rank: 33 Britain 46 Teresita Sy-Coson Vice Chairman SM Investments 2005 Rank: 46 Philippines 47 Ofra Strauss Chairman Strauss-Elite Group 2005 Rank: 42 Israel 48 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Chairman and Managing Director Biocon 2005 Rank: 44 India 49 Amelia Fawcett Vice Chairman Morgan Stanley International 2005 Rank: 43 Britain 50 Marie-Christine Caubet Senior Vice President, Europe Renault 2005 Rank: 40 France Reporters: Eva Barkeman, Regina Castro, Telis Demos, John Elliott, Eric Ellis, Cindy Kano, Jenny Mero, Anastasia Serdyukova, Cathy Tang, Annie Wang, Elen Wu and Zhang Dan contributed to this article. |
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