11. Güler Sabanci
Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding
2005 rank: 17 Turkey Since taking over Turkey's second-largest conglomerate in 2004, Sabanci, 51, has been on a roll. After expanding into food retailing, she is beefing up operations in power generation and banking. Last year revenue grew 23%, to $10.6 billion.
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Call it the year of the Most Powerful Woman CEO. In fact the top seven positions on the 2006 list are held by chief executives.) (more) |
