CEO
Avon Products
2011 rank: 10
Age: 53
After being passed over for the top job at Johnson & Johnson, McCoy left to become Avon's CEO in April. She inherits from predecessor Andrea Jung a company in need of a makeover: It is in the midst of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, profits fell 15% in 2011, and the stock is down 22% for the year.
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