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FORTUNE
50 Most Powerful Women in Business
2007
2006
2005
FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Exits
2005 Rank
Name
Title
Company
9
Karen Katen
Vice Chairman, President of Human Health
Pfizer
14
Pat Russo
Chairman and CEO
Lucent Technologies
22
Anne Stevens
COO Americas
Ford Motor
31
Carol Bartz
Chairman, CEO, and President
Autodesk
40
Susan Decker
CFO and EVP, Finance and Administration
Yahoo
44
Vivian Banta
Vice Chairman
Prudential Financial
47
Barbara de Soer
Global Technology, Service and Fulfillment Executive
Bank of America
49
Safra Catz
Co-President
Oracle
50
Kathy Cassidy
Treasurer
General Electric
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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Young and powerful
Rank
Name
Age
22
Charlene Begley
39
9
Sallie Krawcheck
41
32
Pat Curran
42
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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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