FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Theresa Gattung Rank: 29 (2004 rank: 32)
Company: Telecom New Zealand Based in: New Zealand Title: CEO
Gattung, 43, has been the darling of corporate New Zealand since the early 1990s, moving from marketing head of its largest bank to general manager (and eventually CEO) of its largest telecom company—a $4.1 billion near-monopoly with a footprint in Australia as well. Things have been tough lately, as the lucrative land-line business gives way to mobile telephony. But Gattung has invested in building broadband connections that she thinks will return the company to its former glory.
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.
