CEO
Basic Element
Country: RussiaBasic Element
2006 rank: 22
Moldazhanova, 43, runs the holding company owned by Russian mogul Oleg Deripaska, the majority shareholder of aluminum titan Rusal, and her job keeps growing with its $23 billion portfolio. This year Deripaska added stakes in Canadian auto parts giant Magna and European builders Strabag and Hochtief to holdings that span timber to carmaking. The shopping spree's not over: Basic Element is seeking to buy oil firm RussNeft and a stake in the country's largest construction group, Transstroy.