5. Marjorie Scardino
CEO, Pearson
2005 rank: 3 Britain Scardino, a former journalist, has been the subject of articles chronicling her attempts to hang on to the Financial Times, which Pearson owns. Shareholders have urged her to sell the paper, but Scardino's cost-cutting measures seem to be paying off: Last year the FT returned a profit after four years of losses.
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Call it the year of the Most Powerful Woman CEO. In fact the top seven positions on the 2006 list are held by chief executives.) (more) |
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