FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Susan Desmond-Hellmann Rank: 23 (2004 Rank: 24)
Age: 48 Company: Genentech Title: President of Product Development
Cancer drug Avastin's success sent Genentech's market cap soaring to $90.5 billion by mid-October. Genentech also has one of the most promising pipelines in the industry.
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.
