POWER 25

17 who fell off the list

Power is hard to get - and tough to hang on to. More than half of the CEOs who made the top 25 in 2003 did not make the cut this year.
Dick Parsons
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Dick Parsons
2003 rank: 24
Company: Time Warner
Profitable company (Fortune's parent) and a sagging stock; he will step down in January.

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