FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
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Rank: 13 (2004 rank: 13)
Burberry
Britain
CEO
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Bravo, Bravo! After eight years pushing Burberry's distinctive plaid to all corners of the globe and boosting gross profit margins to an astonishing 59%, the 54-year-old American announced she will be giving up the CEO title next year to become vice chairman of the $1.3 billion raincoat-turned-fashion-house. The only cloud on the horizon: the loss of chief saleswoman Kate Moss, caught snorting cocaine this summer by a British tabloid. |
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From the November 14, 2005 issue
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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. |
Young and powerful |
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. |
Perennial powers |
These women have been on the Power 50 each year since it began in 1998. |
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