FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Françoise Gri Rank: 36 (2004 rank: 33)
Company: IBM France Based in: France Title: CEO
It was a difficult year for Gri, who had to cut 750 jobs at IBM France to weather a tech slump. The 48-year-old engineer, who has spent her entire career at Big Bleu, managed to boost revenues by 3% last year, to $5 billion, but prospects for growth remain weak.
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.
