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37. Maggie Wilderotter
Maggie Wilderotter
Chairman and CEO
Frontier Communications
2010 rank: 40
Age: 56
With its 2010 acquisition of Verizon assets complete, the rural carrier is on track to post more than $5 billion in 2011 and earn a spot on the Fortune 500. The super-connected Wilderotter has her counterparts at bigger telcos on speed dial and sits on the boards of Xerox and P&G.
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From the October 17, 2011 issue
50 Most Powerful Women
25 Highest-paid women
25 Highest-paid women

Oracle's Safra Catz raked in a whopping $42 million in total compensation last year. See how much the other top earners took home.

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Name 2010 total compensation
Safra A. Catz $42 million
Wellington J. Denahan-Norris $23.6 million
Carol Meyrowitz $19.2 million
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