FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Marjorie Yang Rank: 41 (2004 rank: 44)
Company: Esquel Group Based in: Hong Kong Title: Chairman and CEO
Yang, 53, runs one of the world's leading cotton-shirt makers. The family-owned company made 60 million garments last year for many of the world's best-known brands, from Tommy Hilfiger to Brooks Brothers, and had revenue of about $500 million. This year, despite objections from some Esquel executives about timing, she decided to invest $150 million in a new fabric mill in China that will double capacity.
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.
