50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2006: Newcomers

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FORTUNE 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen

Newcomers

These nine women make their debuts on the Most Powerful list this year.

Rank	Name	Company
26	Carol Meyrowitz	TJX Cos.
32	Pat Curran	Wal-Mart Stores
35	Joanne Maguire	Lockheed
37	Colleen Goggins	Johnson & Johnson
40	Paula Rosput Reynolds	Safeco
43	Deirdre Connelly	Eli Lilly
46	Catherine West	J.C. Penney
48	Diane Gulyas	DuPont
49	Christina Gold	Western Union

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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