FORTUNE 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 
FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
International
1 Cynthia Carroll Anglo American
2 Anne Lauvergeon Areva
3 Marjorie Scardino Pearson
4 Patricia Russo Alcatel-Lucent
5 Linda Cook Royal Dutch Shell
6 Anne-Marie Idrac SNCF
7 Marina Berlusconi Fininvest
8 Güler Sabanci Sabanci Holding
9 Ana Patricia Botín Banesto
10 Nancy McKinstry Wolters Kluwer
11 Annika Falkengren SEB
12 Ho Ching Temasek Holdings
13 Maureen Chiquet Chanel
14 Maria Ramos Transnet
15 Chua Sock Koong Singapore Telecommunications
16 Vivienne Cox BP
17 Clara Furse London Stock Exchange
18 Angela Ahrendts Burberry
19 Barbara Kux Royal Philips Electronics
20 Gulzhan Moldazhanova Basic Element
21 Val Gooding BUPA
22 Patricia Barbizet Artémis Holding
23 Deb Henretta Procter & Gamble
24 Cheung Yan Nine Dragons Paper
25 Yang Mianmian Haier Group
26 María Aramburuzabala de Garza Grupo Modelo
27 Sun Yafang Huawei Technologies
28 Gail Kelly St. George Bank
29 Lubna Olayan Olayan Financing
30 Barbara Stymiest Royal Bank of Canada
31 Ingrid Matthäus-Maier KFW Bankengruppe
32 Kate Swann W.H. Smith
33 Chanda Kochhar ICICI Bank
34 Ilene Gordon Alcan Packaging
35 Galia Maor Leumi Group
36 Pansy Ho Shun Tak Holdings
37 Françoise Gri Manpower France
38 Naina Lal Kidwai HSBC India
39 Yoshiko Shinohara Tempstaff
40 Barbara Dalibard France Telecom
41 Teresita Sy-Coson SM Investments
42 Dominique Hériard Dubreuil Rémy Cointreau
43 Imre Barmanbek Dogan Holding
44 Dominique Reiniche Coca-Cola
45 Sawako Noma Kodansha
46 Ofra Strauss Strauss Group
47 Clara Gaymard GE France
48 Dong Mingzhu Gree Electric Appliances
49 Li Xiaolin China Power International Development
50 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Biocon
From the October 15, 2007 issue
Highest pay
These women are among the highest paid in corporate America.
1 Zoe Cruz $30 million
2 Susan Decker $25 million
3 Irene B. Rosenfeld $19.2 million
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Young and powerful
29 Sheryl Sandberg 38
26 Charlene Begley 40
12 Sallie Krawcheck 42
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Perennial powers
These women have been on the Power 50 each year since it began in 1998.
43 Cathleen Black Hearst Magazines
9 Andrea Jung Avon
34 Shelley Lazarus WPP
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How we pick the Most Powerful Women
FORTUNE ranks women in for-profit companies based on the size, importance, and health of their business in the global economy; career momentum; and social and cultural influence. If you have further questions about the Most Powerful Women list, please e-mail lists@cnnmoney.com.
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