FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen
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Rank: 3 (2004 rank: 3)
Pearson
Britain
CEO
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Despite a stock price that has barely budged in the past few years, Scardino, 58, seems firmly ensconced at Pearson's helm. The British publishing and education companyit owns the Financial Times and Penguinreported poor results at its book division, but underlying revenue rose 3% last year, to $7.2 billion, and the company's education division is still on the fast track. |
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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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