FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Imre Barmanbek Rank: 23 (2004 rank: 22)
Company: Dogan Holding Based in: Turkey Title: Deputy Chairman
Six years ago Barmanbek decided that Dogan Holding, Turkey's biggest media conglomerate, should shift its focus to energy. She negotiated a contract to supply electricity to Istanbul, then purchased control of Turkey's freshly privatized petroleum distributor. Dogan's energy sales have since quadrupled and now account for more than two-thirds of its $5.7 billion revenues. As the group's deputy chairman, the 63-year-old Barmanbek is still busy restructuring, most recently selling Dogan's flagship bank to Fortis.
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.
