FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Marjorie Scardino Rank: 3 (2004 rank: 3)
Company: Pearson Based in: Britain Title: CEO
Despite a stock price that has barely budged in the past few years, Scardino, 58, seems firmly ensconced at Pearson's helm. The British publishing and education company—it owns the Financial Times and Penguin—reported poor results at its book division, but underlying revenue rose 3% last year, to $7.2 billion, and the company's education division is still on the fast track.
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.
