FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Marie Ehrling Rank: 21 (2004 rank: 21)
Company: TeliaSonera Sweden Based in: Sweden Title: President
As the top executive at the telecom company's Swedish division, Ehrling is responsible for half of TeliaSonera's $12.4 billion in revenue and two-thirds of its $2 billion profit. Her early launches of 3G and GSM mobile technology have paid off in strong customer growth. But thin margins, squabbles with regulators, and sluggish land-line sales have forced Ehrling, 50, to announce layoffs. Her plan to offer an all-in-one TV, voice, and Internet broadband service could be a game-changer.
From the November 14, 2005 issue
Highest pay
These women are among the highest paid in corporate America. All of them are employed by companies with over $1 billion in sales that filed proxies by September 1, 2005.
Newcomer Charlene Begley heads up GE's plastics division and is the youngest of this group at age 39. She bumped last year's youngest gun, Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck, now 40. But, on average, the Power 50 are in their late 40s.
