FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Teresita Sy-Coson Rank: 46 (2004 rank: 47)
Company: SM Investments Based in: Philippines Title: Vice Chairman
Sy-Coson has emerged as her father's right-hand woman at the family-controlled shopping-mall and retail empire. As vice chair of the $902 million publicly traded arm of that empire, Sy-Coson, 55, has proved that she inherited her octogenarian dad's bullish negotiating skills. The company operates 21 malls around the country, including the 4.9-million-square-foot Mall of Asia scheduled to open in Manila next year.
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.
