FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Nancy McKinstry Rank: 7 (2004 rank: 4)
Company: Wolters Kluwer Based in: The Netherlands Title: Chairman and CEO
In her two years at the top of this $4 billion Dutch publishing and online-services company, McKinstry, 46, has radically reformed its culture. Once a loosely run holding company that grew by acquisition, Wolters Kluwer is now operating as a coherent whole. McKinstry's cost cutting and her plan to get 4% growth by developing products and services organically are on track.
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.
