FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Vidya Chhabria Rank: 49 (2004 rank: 38)
Company: Jumbo Group Based in: Dubai Title: Chairman
Chhabria's $2 billion empire fell into her lap when her husband died three years ago. But her inheritance hasn't made her complacent. She has shifted the company's focus to its profitable electronics business and this year sold off a 55% stake in Shaw Wallace, an Indian alcoholic beverages company. Sales at Jumbo Electronics, which has an exclusive deal to distribute Sony products in the United Arab Emirates, have increased 25% since Chhabria took over.
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.
