SVP, IBM Global Business Services
IBM
2011 rank: 39
Age: 49
She manages 100,000 employees and brought in 18% of the company's $107 billion in sales last year. A rising star, van Kralingen has punched her ticket at various important units, including IBM's North America division and global business services in Northeast Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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