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50 Most Powerful Women in Business
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FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Age
Rank
Name
Company
Age
22
Charlene Begley
General Electric
39
9
Sallie Krawcheck
Citigroup
41
32
Pat Curran
Wal-Mart Stores
42
33
Lisa Weber
MetLife
43
18
Abigail Johnson
Fidelity
44
50
Stacey Snider
Viacom
45
24
Lois Quam
UnitedHealth Group
45
45
Claire Watts
Wal-Mart Stores
46
43
Deirdre Connelly
Eli Lilly
46
31
Mary Minnick
Coca-Cola
46
20
Susan Ivey
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
47
46
Catherine West
J.C. Penney
47
13
Anne Sweeney
Disney Media Networks
48
14
Ann Livermore
Hewlett-Packard
48
27
Ursula Burns
Xerox
48
41
Amy Pascal
Sony
48
42
Dawn Hudson
PepsiCo
48
7
Andrea Jung
Avon
48
39
Carrie Cox
Schering-Plough
49
16
Ginni Rometty
IBM
49
17
Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Genentech
49
29
Linda Dillman
Wal-Mart
50
23
Amy Brinkley
Bank of America
50
21
Ellen Kullman
DuPont
50
40
Paula Rosput Reynolds
Safeco
50
3
Meg Whitman
eBay
50
1
Indra Nooyi
PepsiCo
50
48
Diane Gulyas
DuPont
50
19
Zoe Cruz
Morgan Stanley
51
10
Susan Arnold
Procter & Gamble
52
26
Carol Meyrowitz
TJX Cos.
52
44
Ellyn McColgan
Fidelity
52
35
Joanne Maguire
Lockheed Martin
52
37
Colleen Goggins
Johnson & Johnson
52
47
Nancy Peretsman
Allen & Co.
52
5
Irene Rosenfeld
Kraft Foods
52
8
Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Inc.
52
11
Christine Poon
Johnson & Johnson
53
2
Anne Mulcahy
Xerox
53
6
Brenda Barnes
Sara Lee
53
4
Pat Woertz
Archer Daniels Midland
53
25
Heidi Miller
J.P. Morgan Chase
53
12
Judy McGrath
Viacom
54
15
Ann Moore
Time Inc.
56
36
Doreen Toben
Verizon
56
30
Shelly Lazarus
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
59
49
Christina Gold
Western Union
59
34
Mary Sammons
Rite Aid
60
38
Cathleen Black
Hearst Magazines
62
28
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
65
From the October 16, 2006 issue
Highest pay
These women are among the highest paid in corporate America. All of them are employed by companies with over $1 billion in sales that filed proxies by September 1, 2006.
Rank
Company
2005 total compensation
1
Safra Catz
$26.1 million
2
Susan Decker
$24.3 million
3
Suzanne Nora Johnson
$23.1 million
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Perennial powers
These women have been on the Power 50 each year since it began in 1998.
Rank
Name
Company
38
Cathleen Black
Hearst Magazines
7
Andrea Jung
Avon
30
Shelley Lazarus
WPP
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