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FORTUNE
50 Most Powerful Women in Business
2008
2007
2006
2005
FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Full list
Rank
Name
Company
1
Indra Nooyi
PepsiCo
2
Anne Mulcahy
Xerox
3
Meg Whitman
eBay
4
Pat Woertz
Archer Daniels Midland
5
Irene Rosenfeld
Kraft Foods
6
Brenda Barnes
Sara Lee
7
Andrea Jung
Avon
8
Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Inc.
9
Sallie Krawcheck
Citigroup
10
Susan Arnold
Procter & Gamble
11
Christine Poon
Johnson & Johnson
12
Judy McGrath
Viacom
13
Anne Sweeney
Disney Media Networks
14
Ann Livermore
Hewlett-Packard
15
Ann Moore
Time Inc.
16
Ginni Rometty
IBM
17
Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Genentech
18
Abigail Johnson
Fidelity
19
Zoe Cruz
Morgan Stanley
20
Susan Ivey
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
21
Ellen Kullman
DuPont
22
Charlene Begley
General Electric
23
Amy Brinkley
Bank of America
24
Lois Quam
UnitedHealth Group
25
Heidi Miller
J.P. Morgan Chase
26
Carol Meyrowitz
TJX Cos.
27
Ursula Burns
Xerox
28
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
29
Linda Dillman
Wal-Mart
30
Shelly Lazarus
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
31
Mary Minnick
Coca-Cola
32
Pat Curran
Wal-Mart Stores
33
Lisa Weber
MetLife
34
Mary Sammons
Rite Aid
35
Joanne Maguire
Lockheed Martin
36
Doreen Toben
Verizon
37
Colleen Goggins
Johnson & Johnson
38
Cathleen Black
Hearst Magazines
39
Carrie Cox
Schering-Plough
40
Paula Rosput Reynolds
Safeco
41
Amy Pascal
Sony
42
Dawn Hudson
PepsiCo
43
Deirdre Connelly
Eli Lilly
44
Ellyn McColgan
Fidelity
45
Claire Watts
Wal-Mart Stores
46
Catherine West
J.C. Penney
47
Nancy Peretsman
Allen & Co.
48
Diane Gulyas
DuPont
49
Christina Gold
Western Union
50
Stacey Snider
Viacom
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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