35. Barbara Dalibard
Executive Vice President, France Télécom
2005 rank: 26 France Last year Dalibard, 47, was asked to head Orange Business Services, the $10 billion unit of France Télécom formed after the purchase of mobile-phone operator Orange. Now she's working to integrate another acquisition, Diwan Group, a network-security provider. When the restructuring is completed, Dalibard aims to have one million customers.
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