FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
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Rank: 21 (2004 rank: 21)
TeliaSonera Sweden
Sweden
President
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As the top executive at the telecom company's Swedish division, Ehrling is responsible for half of TeliaSonera's $12.4 billion in revenue and two-thirds of its $2 billion profit. Her early launches of 3G and GSM mobile technology have paid off in strong customer growth. But thin margins, squabbles with regulators, and sluggish land-line sales have forced Ehrling, 50, to announce layoffs. Her plan to offer an all-in-one TV, voice, and Internet broadband service could be a game-changer. |
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From the November 14, 2005 issue
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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, 2005. |
Young and powerful |
Newcomer Charlene Begley heads up GE's plastics division and is the youngest of this group at age 39. She bumped last year's youngest gun, Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck, now 40. But, on average, the Power 50 are in their late 40s. |
Perennial powers |
These women have been on the Power 50 each year since it began in 1998. |
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