Chairman and CEO
ADM
2011 rank: 3
Age: 59
With a drought in the U.S. causing corn supplies -- and profits -- to shrink, the Archer Daniels Midland CEO could have a tough year. But Woertz has worked to expand the company's global footprint; it now operates in 160 countries and expects to add an export terminal in Brazil to increase grain exports.
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