33. Lubna Olayan
Olayan Financial Group, CEO
2005 rank: 35 Saudi Arabia The highest-profile businesswoman in the Arab world doesn't mind not being able to drive in Saudi Arabia, but she is a longtime advocate of universal education and women's rights. This year she was vindicated, to a degree: The kingdom allowed women to run in elections. The 51-year-old also continues to manage the investments of her family's $1 billion conglomerate.
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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)
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