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44. Carol Tomé
Carol Tomé
CFO and EVP, Corporate Services
Home Depot
2011 rank: Return
Age: 55
She's one of the best CFOs in business, but Tomé is also a strategist and CEO Frank Blake's right-hand woman. She helped orchestrate Home Depot's recent turnaround, which put the stock at a 12-year high this year. Analysts say she's a CFO with CEO potential.
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