50 Most Powerful Women in Business

FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen

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39. Bridget Van Kralingen

General manager, IBM North America
IBM
2010 rank: New
Age: 48

The former infotech consultant last year took over the tech giant’s North American division, which generates 40% of IBM's nearly $100 billion in revenue. Reporting to Ginni Rometty (No. 7), van Kralingen also backs the company’s microfinance and mobile-banking ventures.

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How we pick the Power 50

The list is compiled by FORTUNE editors, who consider four criteria: the size and importance of the woman’s business in the global economy, the health and direction of the business, the arc of the woman’s career (resume and runway ahead), and societal and cultural influence.

Top 3

Name	2010 total compensation
Safra A. Catz	$42 million
Wellington J. Denahan-Norris	$23.6 million
Carol Meyrowitz	$19.2 million

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Name	Age
Marissa Mayer	36
Meredith Whitney	41
Sheryl Sandberg	42

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Name	Rank
Cynthia Carroll	1
Gail Kelly	2
Marjorie Scardino	3

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