FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
Susan Ivey Rank: 24 (2004 Rank: 36)
Age: 46 Company:Reynolds American Based in: Winston-Salem Title: President, CEO Reynolds American; Chairman, CEO, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Get quote:RAI
Nearly one in three cigarettes smoked in the U.S. is a Reynolds American product. Ivey's power is also smoking. The board elected her chairman, effective at the end of the 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.
