FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Dong Mingzhu Rank: 48 (2004 rank: 42)
Company: Gree Electric Appliances Based in: China Title: President
Under Dong's leadership, Gree has gone from a small Zhuhai appliance maker to the world's leading manufacturer of household air conditioners. And the company, which also makes other small home appliances and printer cartridges, keeps growing. Last year revenue was up 38%, to $1.7 billion. Dong, 51, is the author of Check Around the World, a book that describes the "Gree Pattern" of production management and is must reading in China.
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.
