FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Pansy Ho Rank: 39 (2004 rank: 49)
Company: Shun Tak Holdings Based in: Hong Kong Title: Managing Director
The heir apparent to her father's $850 million casino empire, Ho has been working hard to play down her party-girl reputation. Although the 84-year-old Stanley Ho is still very much in charge, Pansy, 43, one of 17 children, has been assuming an increasingly important role, especially with the MGM Grand Macau, a $975 million hotel-casino she is developing with MGM Mirage that is expected to open in 2007.
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.
