Worldwide Chairman, Global Medical Solutions
Johnson & Johnson
2011 rank: New
Age: 53
When J&J pharma chairman Sheri McCoy decamped to Avon this year, Licitra emerged as the highest-ranking woman at the company. In 2011 her division accounted for $9 billion of the medical-device unit's $25.8 billion in revenue.
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