40. Dominique Reiniche
President, European Union Group, Coca-Cola
2005 rank: 25 France In her first year at the helm, Reiniche, 51, has stanched the bleeding in Coke's biggest and most profitable region, the $6.8 billion European Union market. With strong sales in Spain and Central Europe, and less falloff in Germany, Coke Europe is projected to grow its unit sales this year for the first time since 2004.
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