Business has its ups and downs, and so, naturally, do women in business. (Bye-bye, Martha!) But the story of this list is one of achievement: The credentials of these women, including the 13 newcomers, are the strongest yet. By Katie Benner, Eugenia Levenson, and Rupali Arora |  |  |  | 24 of 50 | 24. Susan Ivey 2006 rank: 20
Age: 48
Reynolds's main products - cigarettes and chewing tobacco - may not be healthy, but its financials certainly are. In 2006 total shareholder return at the second-largest U.S. cigarette company (2006 revenues: $8.5 billion) was up 43%. The $3.5 billion acquisition of Conwood, which controls a quarter of the U.S. moist-snuff market, looks solid. The biggest uncertainties: regulation and taxation.
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