50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2007

The Power 50

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

Pat Woertz

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6. Pat Woertz

Chairman, CEO, and President
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

2006 rank: 4
Age: 54

Bio-based plastics, chemical alternatives, ethanol: ADM does it all. Revenues rose almost 20%, to $44 billion, and net income increased 65%, to $2.2 billion. With corn prices rising, though, the "dot-corn" ethanol phenomenon is losing some of its glow, and the stock has fallen sharply. Still, strong global demand positions ADM's commodity-based businesses well for the long haul.

Irene Rosenfeld

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